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submitted 1 year ago by xuxebiko@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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[-] Jamie@jamie.moe 7 points 1 year ago

It's not the popular authors that would be getting ripped off, it'd be the small ones. Corps would have people scouting books en masse, find one worth taking without a reputation to back themselves up, then present their own version and crush any momentum you might gain against their millions of dollars in marketing.

[-] blazera@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago

The small ones already dont make money from their work. If theyre undiscovered, they dont have any fans to buy their book. If they are discovered, they have fan support.

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