Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications - eviltoast
The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

  • Jamie@jamie.moe
    7·
    1 year ago

    It’s not the popular authors that would be getting ripped off, it’d be the small ones. Corps would have people scouting books en masse, find one worth taking without a reputation to back themselves up, then present their own version and crush any momentum you might gain against their millions of dollars in marketing.

    • blazera@kbin.social
      37·
      1 year ago

      The small ones already dont make money from their work. If theyre undiscovered, they dont have any fans to buy their book. If they are discovered, they have fan support.