But Kahle said the lawsuits against IA showed that “massive multibillion-dollar media conglomerates” have their own interests in controlling the flow of information. “That’s what they really succeeded at—to make sure that Wikipedia readers don’t get access to books,” Kahle said.

And that’s why I hate copyright.

There is nothing more evil than actively fighting to ensure people have less access to knowledge in the future.

Shareholders would rather have history destroyed than free.