They themselves said "We put a lot of work into these Three Pillars that are the whole reason we don't get sued" (collecting the archive of physical books, the tracking system to preserve the ratio, the self-destructing DRM on the files themselves)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Raptornx01 and
Then they said "Oh nvm we can push a button to turn off Pillar #2 if we feel like it" Why would you act surprised that this would upset the people they were trying to reassure by creating Pillar #2 in the first place
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not an issue of surprise. bootlickers & copyright trolls will do their thing regardless. an expected action does not absolve them of being called out for BS. IA acted for the good of the people, for a limited time. keeping the other limits in place, which they didn't have to.
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The idea that the Three Pillars of CDL are an act of voluntary generosity toward authors and publishers and they "didn't have to" abide by it is exactly why they're getting sued
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Raptornx01 and
Like the publishers aren't stupid, they can see how people talk about this shit, they know what direction it's going in if they don't push back
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you mean where authors and other content creators have ACTUAL control over their creations, not just subject to the whims of megacorporations that tell them what they can and can't do with their work?
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Uhhhh how does CDL give authors "control over their creations" Chuck Wendig is an author, not a megacorporation, and people's response to him saying "I didn't consent for my work to end up here" was "cry moar"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Raptornx01 and
For the record, authors typically do retain primary copyright over their books I'm not saying the economics of publishing are fair or that publishers are innocent of ever pressuring authors to do things they don't want to do
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But if an author *wants* to put up a PDF of their book for free download, usually nothing at all is stopping them The idea that they've been gaslit by evil publishers into not doing this and the handwavy claims they'd all make more money somehow if they did do this don't hold up
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actually there is. under the current laws you risk losing your rights by doing that. its happened already. public outcry might save you (provided you didn't do something stupid like piss everyone off) by the people going after violators, but legally, you're fucked.
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You lose your right to complain about sharing your book as a PDF if you yourself put it up as a PDF, yes The law in that regard is pretty simple and logical
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