Open access: All human knowledge is there, so why can’t everybody access it? | Hacker News
lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-12-07
Summary:
"Nonfiction and scientific work should be treated differently than fictional works. I don't really care if Mickey Mouse goes into the public domain. But it's crazy that 100 year old scientific works can still be under copyright and illegal to distribute. These objectively have value to society, and the argument for the existence of the public domain is much stronger."