But don't do it for fear of the corporations. Do it for love of the art and the artists. If you love reading enough to care about availability of books, then you should love authors. Writing a book is not just having an idea once and then getting paid for it forever.
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I'm going to leave this link here and mute the thread. The Open Library doesn't have a license to lend books, it has a legal theory that says it can, based on specific fair use justifications that are probably more narrow than it used them for before.https://the-digital-reader.com/2020/03/28/authors-protest-internet-archive-pirating-their-books/ …
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I'm not going to sit here and argue. I've said my say in my space. If you disagree you're free to do the same in yours. I didn't @ anyone with my opinion, feel free to not @ me with yours. Don't expect a response if you do.
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It's such a huge flaw on the left so distractable. Can you please make us a revolutionary's "order of operations" poster. We need lists.
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Their "revolution" is only about making things better for themselves and getting rid of things that they don't like. Unreliable allies at best, bimb throwers at worst.
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Your whole thread is so informative, but this tweet is extremely well-written and distills so much information and thought into just a handful of words. <3
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Your favorite authors could just decide not to write anymore. Then where will you people be? Writing is literally blood, sweat and tears creating something from nothing. It can be as bad as childbirth. Then for you to take that "child" and just exhibit it for free? That's cruel.
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Having had a child cut from my body, it's not "as bad" as childbirth. It involves a different kind of emotional work, as well as time learning the craft (albeit often "on the job"). It DOES drain the mind & energy a bit like a newborn who doesn't sleep even 6 hrs a night, true!
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"Your revolution needs an order of operations" is brilliant phrasing that addresses a lot of the kind of reactionary anti-capitalism that's been spreading lately, sans critical analysis of the systems that need to end before new ones can begin. Thanks for that.
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"Your revolution needs an order of operations" is amazing and I can’t stop thinking about it.
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