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Maybe It Should Be Illegal To Instantly Delete A Website's Archives - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
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[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can keep it until the copyright expires and then I can do whatever the fuck I want with it.

general copyright is 70 years. So no. You couldn't do whatever you wanted with it as the computer you're using would be long dead... and possibly you'd even be long dead. Replicating the content to another device without owners consent could and likely would be a violation of that same copyright.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Replicating a personal backup to another device is covered by free use. Only distribution and derivative works are covered by copyright.

And yes, the length of copyright is way too long. It recon it should be the same as patents, 20 years. Or let it be as long as the warranty and let the big companies duke it out with each other.