He didn't "start a movement" in any sense All the major author trade unions have been against the Internet Archive's Controlled Digital Lending concept for years, and have put out detailed statements to that effect
And it's really unclear why this specific conflict - maximizing access vs trying to preserve a distribution model with a strong price floor - has anything to do with "publishers vs authors"
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No, if the publisher goes out of business the author is fucked The authors are defensive of their publishers because they're pretty sure self-publishing is terrible and doesn't work
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Like the responses to working authors seem to veer wildly between "You're a privileged fuck for making whatever amount you make and you should make the same pittance I do" and "You're a stupid brainwashed fuck and if you ditched your publisher you'd have 10x the money"
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I prefer the former because it's at least an honest opinion that doesn't assume facts not in evidence It's the disingenuous "I'm trying to HELP you, I'm trying to FREE you from your abusive paymasters" stuff that annoys me
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