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Go Team Sanity! Let's just check the summary... mmm hmm... mmm hmm... OH... mmm hmmm... and NO.
Wasn't surprised to see Musk take it off Twitter, since he has no idea what he's doing.
But disappointing that the Internet Archive folded. Why? >

I’m no expert but could it have been a copyright violation for it to be on there? I remember reading a book on the Internet Archive that happened to be out of print some years ago, and apparently it had been removed from the site while I was in the middle of reading it. I assumed they got a cease and desist letter and didn’t want to get sued. >

That's a good theory. But it's the Indian government who objects to this documentary and demanded that it be taken down; it's not a copyright question in this case. >

The government is objecting but if they can object on copyright grounds I am sure they would. >

Copyright is a government concept.
The government can make the law whatever they want to apply criminal or civil penalties for hosting this. There is no “higher level” than the national government, regardless of what you may think of the UN.
So copyright itself isn’t the issue, the government intervention is. How laws interact across countries is a fun area, India may declare it illegal in their country, but that should not impact someone in neighboring China. So Internet Archive taking it down everywhere because that’s what India wants is kind of a problem. >

I understand what you mean, but obviously when you are applying things across the world you are going to end up talking about international copyright law rather than the laws particular to India and their desires.  So if India wants to take down something on a global scale they are going to need to approach it from that perspective, not just Modi saying he doesn't like it. >

Making it a "must see" for those who had previously had no interest. >

That’s the only reason I ever watched A Serbian Film and gave To Kill a Mockingbird my fullest attention… guvment said I shouldn’t. >

Yeah, those two don't even compare. A lot of people say say we shouldn't watch A Serbian Film. >

My buddy told me the plot in detail so I feel I don’t need to watch it😐 >

Yup, just read it on Wikipedia. I’ll take a hard pass on that one.