We have to means to make human cultural output accessible to unprecedented numbers of people around the world, but we don't, largely because it would interrupt the flow of money to incumbent rent-seekers.
Suppose everyone downloads all the articles for which the hash converted to decimal modulo (3 * 365) equals the user's ((birthyear % 3) * 365+birthday)
Then if a few ten thousand participate, we'd have a backup
Something crazy I didn't know, in the article:
>In France, on January 13, 1535, a law was enacted (at the request of the Catholic Church) which forced the closure of all bookshops and stipulated death penalty by hanging for anybody using a printing press.
Which is opposite of what I observe when studying what my local cinemas have to offer me. (Given that movie industry is enjoying copyright protections the most, and that it's arguably the most-grossing of all.)