Richard Stallman’s Political Notes – Ukraine call for privatization and flexibility of work

Oct 082022
 

Ukraine’s economic advisor calls for privatization and flexibility of work.
(I presume that last would include making it easier to fire employees.)
Also, more borrowing.

It may be that Ukraine’s system is too inflexible, but any steps in
that direction must be taken with great care, because there are plenty
of advisors who serve the banks that want to lend you more than you
can pay and denominate the loans in a foreign currency. This path has
led many countries into a debt trap.

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Internet Archive Blogs – Internet Archive Files Final Reply Brief in Lawsuit Defending Controlled Digital Lending

Oct 082022
 

On Friday, October 7, the Internet Archive filed a reply brief against the four publishers that sued Internet Archive in June 2020: Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House. This is the final brief in support of our motion for summary judgment (our previous motions can be found here and here) where we have asked the Court to dismiss the lawsuit because our lending program is a fair use. The lawsuit was filed against Internet Archive in 2020 because of “anger among publishers” about digital lending by libraries. The publishers are urging the court to declare that “controlled digital lending is not a defense to copyright infringement” and…

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World Socialist Web Site (en) – The lies, distortions and half-truths in rail unions’ joint video statement against “misinformation”

Oct 082022
 

The video by BLET President Dennis Pierce and SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson was the latest of attempts by the unions to try to recapture control of the narrative over the contract in the face of massive opposition.

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