Nemo_bis @nemobis@mamot.fr

Rieccomi sul #SoftwareLibero! Ciao ciao https://identi.ca/nemobis

Always remember the 317 MEPs who voted against giving democracy a chance.
https://www.wikimedia.it/news/il-parlamento-ue-e-la-conoscenza-aperta-dal-2014-al-2019-un-riepilogo-delle-principali-votazioni-europee/#Diritto_d.27autore_in_generale
https://saveyourinternet.eu/act/

Where are now all the #EU lawmakers who insisted the #copyright directive was for the little guy while I was a useful idiot for the multinationals? Surely a flurry of apologies will start any minute now.

In a single day:
💼 big law firm advertises #article17 services with 200k threats to researchers https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/a-note-on-recent-content-takedowns;
💹 billionaire class rides #UMG stock triumph on streaming #copyright wave https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/21/universal-music-group-shares-surge-lucian-grainge-listing.

#Elsevier's lawyer in 2018 wrote a 166-page report on the "digital exploitation" of authors. Any word on #copyright transfers from researchers? He now works on #ResearchGate takedowns so I won't hold my breath.
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-60826-3

The #OpenScience monitor case study states that @zenodo_org received 1 million visits in its first 3 years. https://doi.org/10.2777%2F298228

3 years later, it seems to have almost 50M views + 60M downloads. Go #openrepositories!

The music industry (#UMG) boasts it's drowning in money thanks to #copyright and the internet. #Spotify never turned a profit.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/21/universal-chief-growth-digital-listening-boom-record-music-flotation-lucian-grainge

#ValueGap was a joke, #Article17 was never needed. #FixCopyright

Admittedly that's a nice origin myth: «created #GitLab from his house in Ukraine. It was a house without running water, but Dmitriy felt that not having a great #collaboration tool was a bigger problem than his daily trip to the communal well».
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653482/000162828021018818/gitlab-sx1.htm#i359e99a49d03416a83f04e786aaaf108_1322

That's because GitLab spent in marketing about twice as much as it spent in development, 83 vs. 44 M$ in 6 months. Hard to do that without venture capital. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001653482/000162828021018818/gitlab-sx1.htm#i359e99a49d03416a83f04e786aaaf108_46

Profit accounting math is fun: «revenue of $63.9 million and $108.1 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020 and July 31, 2021… operating cash flow margin… (35.8)% for… the six months ended July 31, 2021… gross profit… 87%».

How #Gitlab describes its #opencore in its IPO filing: «if the feature is something primarily individuals care about it will be #opensource. If the features are something primarily managers, directors, or executives care about then it will be source-available».

States focus «on combating the theft of intellectual property and industrial trade secrets. The harassment of students and mothers and ordinary workers goes virtually unchecked».
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/09/18/a-chinese-student-in-canada-had-two-followers-on-twitter-he-still-didnt-escape-beijings-threats-over-online-activity.html

As if #copyright wasn't *designed* to harass ordinary people.

La bozza di D.Lgs. #copyright è carta straccia, incostituzionale per eccesso di delega. Perché violare la direttiva e causare decenni di contenzioso? Cui prodest? Piuttosto meglio non fare niente.

Chissà se @dariofrance ricorda com'è andata a finire colla direttiva Barnier.
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RT @marcoscialdone
BOOOM! Nel parere reso su decreto recepimento direttiva #Copyright @antitrust_it dice che norma eccede limiti delega e testo della dirett…
https://twitter.com/marcoscialdone/status/1437777539473322007

Correction: the comment was now published. It could also have been incorrectly flagged by Akismet, I'm not assuming malice. :) https://retractionwatch.com/2021/09/07/authors-object-after-springer-nature-journal-cedes-to-publisher-frontiers-demand-for-retraction/#comment-1997832

«It's definitely the publisher's prerogative to avoid carrying racist publications («statements about authors from some geographic regions which are unjustified in the generality of the conclusions»), so the rationale for the retraction is sound. It's then a matter of opinion whether it's warranted.» #nt

Looks like my comment on #RetractionWatch https://retractionwatch.com/2021/09/07/authors-object-after-springer-nature-journal-cedes-to-publisher-frontiers-demand-for-retraction/ wasn't published so here it is: «The study by Vít Macháček and Martin Srholec is misleading because it's not a study on #predatoryjournals, it's a study on #Beall's list. The authors found that most of the journals included in Beall's list are connected to certain geographies or languages. In other words, they showed that Beall's list can appear to be racist.» #nt

In the middle of a #ClimateCrisis, the birdsite decides to sell me... airplanes. It's for nature!

#climatechange #nt