Also, by extending the time for copyrights again and again, they're eliminating the possibility of adaptation and remixing, which can fuel creativity and more the culture forward.
Profit is the foundation of truly sustainable human activity. Christopher Columbus was in it for the money, too. Government can only spend what profit creates, so even government programs like NASA ultimately are feeding from the trough of profit.
Seeing this kind of abandoned equipment really fuels the imagination.
What if it was actually aliens, or some secret cabal planning to use it for rogue space wars, and just renting the space from the soviets? Maybe a leader like Khan Noonien Singh and his followers actually launched themselves on a sleeper ship undetected, with plans to return in 20 more years and defeat us all? What did that last person leaving think on his way out, tuning off the lights, knowing he wouldn't be back tomorrow?
It's not that 7-Eleven franchisees are being investigate for hiring illegal immigrants, it's that the corporate office might be using this as a way to intimidate franchise owners it doesn't like.
'Still, franchisees, after years of conflict with the company, went from suspicious to paranoid when word spread that ICE had shown up at stores run by men and women who were in legal disputes with 7-Eleven or were prominent critics of [CEO Joseph ] DePinto.'
Great observations. That always felt like part of what was missing in other libraries. Sometimes just drawing a triangle was a long process that felt kind of hacky.
