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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are they finding fans?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same way they are now?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By not having their work stolen and published under a different author?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Stolen before its ever been published? I think yall are getting tripped up with thinking corporations can see the future and can steal something that will become successful but has not yet been discovered by any readers. If its successful enough to be stolen, its already successful.