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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no, if you want to allow people to read it, but also don't want people taking your characters, or doing certain things with your work, or vice versa, you have no say. its one or the other. go look up how hasbro lost the rights to several of their characters in the 80's.
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No, this is completely false and you are misinformed
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except its not, and you are misinformed.
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It is completely possible in the legal sense, if not practical in the modern world, to give something away for free for a limited time and then take it back and go after people for infringement who continue to share it after that time It's happened tons of times
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