Walled Culture has already written about the two–pronged attack by the copyright industry against the Internet Archive, which was founded by Brewster Kahle, whose Kahle/Austin Foundation supports this blog. The Intercept has an interesting article that reveals another reason why some newspaper publishers are not great fans of the site: The New York Times tried …

  • capital@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If I controlled a paper, I’d force a git control system with publicly viewable edits made after publication.

    Imagine the goodwill and trust that would instill in the public toward your paper.

    Edit: I’ve thought the same thing about proposed legislation for a long time.

    • inspxtr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I think many have also been wondering about version control of legislation/law documents for some time as well. But I never understand why it’s not realized yet.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Because the people who would implement that system would be the same people it would hold to account.