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🧵1/ We are deeply disturbed that @Harvard_Press issued a DMCA takedown order against Z Library, a so-called "pirate" library that provides critical access to knowledge across the world to those who can't afford access, nor can their universities. tinyurl.com/zfdpn32n
2/ The Digital Milennium Copyright Act is one of the most heinous acts ever passed by the US Congress & Aaron Swartz, an important advocate for #OpenAccess who sacrificed his own life for his commitments to public knowledge, wrote eloquently against it. tinyurl.com/2p9py52x
3/ We are very familiar with this subject because we fought @VersoBooks & @thenewpress when they issued a DMCA takedown order against a publication of Swartz's writings, "Raw Thought," that had been published free online & in print: punctumbooks.com/blog/the-boy-w… Why did they do this?
