Chuck Wendig didn't cause this JFC If you don't think that publishers were aware of this issue until Chuck Wendig tweeted about it you're really, really not qualified to talk about ithttps://twitter.com/coopercooperco/status/1271420782133030913 …
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Arthur Chu Retweeted fka ☕️
Chuck Wendig didn't cause this JFC If you don't think that publishers were aware of this issue until Chuck Wendig tweeted about it you're really, really not qualified to talk about ithttps://twitter.com/coopercooperco/status/1271420782133030913 …
Arthur Chu added,
the dumbest thing is, this is basically the direct result of the archive's own legal boundary-pushing. nobody bothered with them when they had a dubiously-legal lending program--it was when they went full-on copyright pirate "information wants to be free!" that pubs responded
it's all an entirely predictable outcome. *of course* publishers are going to sue you and you are going to lose if you try that. we've seen it happen to like a dozen other file-sharing sites! this isn't a shock!
the internet archive blew up their own spot! this isn't to defend copyright laws as they actually exist--but just considered tactically, from a "how do we get copyright to change" perspective, this had zero chance of success
I don't think people realize from a business perspective how big a deal it is that the IA apparently thinks the whole concept of separate ebook licensing rights is abusive and predatory and deliberately set out to unilaterally abolish them and wipe out that whole revenue stream
Like if I said that charging money separately to see a movie in theaters and to own it on home video was bullshit, one ticket ought to buy you both, and I started defiantly openly recording movies on my phone in the theater and telling everyone else to do it
It's like even if you think I'm morally or legally in the right, NO FUCKING SHIT it's going to end up in court They were never gonna just say "Oh yeah, you're right, this is the future, we surrender"
Where do people think all those advances for books to even be written are paid from? Pirate donations?!
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