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You people realize authors, by and large, aren't millionaires, right? They write in exchange for, when things are going reasonably well, money for food and heal

You people realize authors, by and large, aren't millionaires, right? They write in exchange for, when things are going reasonably well, money for food and healthcare and whatever bullshit writing app you're currently working on (but won't be pirated, because Apple will protect your cherished revenue stream, while you go on about how incredibly unethical it all is). Calling people "trying to preserve their livelihood" "incredibly unethical" is the most entitled, self-serving, upper-class-bubbled nonsense I've ever seen in my life. Pretending that gutting people's ability to be writers is a net social good - because it gives people access to the very stuff you're gutting their ability to create - is such flagrant champagne socialist nonsense that it's amazing anyone can put that forward with a straight face. You wanna talk about copyright law being broken? Hell yeah, it's broken. Disrupting the chain of royalties that allows authors to survive is probably not the most effective way of dealing with it, insofar as your argument boils down to "things authors create are too darn valuable." And I'm bowing out. When I start replying twice to the same comment, I'm clearly too engaged to reply tactfully.

kick 6y ago
You people realize authors, by and large, aren't millionaires, right? Many of my friends have written books, including my closest one, and many acquaintances have. I cited one such person in this thread. They write in exchange for, when things are going reasonably well, money for food and healthcare "Here's an obvious statement that I know everyone knows and I've got enough hubris to believe that you haven't considered it!" whatever bullshit writing app you're currently working on I'm not even in the tech industry: jerk yourself off somewhere else. because Apple will protect your cherished revenue stream I'm a big fan of free software, and I dislike Apple. You can see this with my post history, it's no secret. Just the other day I got hounded on for calling proprietary software morally wrong. My code's floating around with free licenses all over the Internet. And I love it! while you go on about how incredibly unethical it all is Apple's unethical, Google's unethical, but you can release ethical applications on Apple devices (jailbroken app stores) and on Android devices (F-Droid). Calling people "trying to preserve their livelihood" "incredibly unethical" is the most entitled, self-serving, upper-class-bubbled nonsense I've ever seen in my life. I grew up in poverty, which is directly where my view is rooted. Pretending that gutting people's ability to be writers is a net social good Pretending that gutting access to books for people who can't afford them is a "net social good" is self-serving, entitled, upper-class nonsense. is such flagrant champagne socialist nonsense Not a socialist over here (not so fond of capitalism, either), but nice try. If you actually believe in the capitalist nonsense you're circlejerking so hard you wouldn't be against the market providing an alternative. Disrupting the chain of royalties that allows authors to survive is probably not the most effective way of dealing with it, insofar as your argument boils down to "things authors create are too darn valuable." The National Emergency Library doesn't include anything published in the last five years, has DRM, so on. It does minimal harm to the profits of authors, and I've already linked a post about the study the European Union funded that showed that actual piracy improves book sales, so... You want actual change, push for systemic change. Don't act like it's somehow moral to deny a buoy to someone who's drowning, or deny water to someone who's dying of thirst.

kick 6y ago

You people realize authors, by and large, aren't millionaires, right? Many of my friends have written books, including my closest one, and many acquaintances have. I cited one such person in this thread. They write in exchange for, when things are going reasonably well, money for food and healthcare "Here's an obvious statement that I know everyone knows and I've got enough hubris to believe that you haven't considered it!" whatever bullshit writing app you're currently working on I'm not even in the tech industry: jerk yourself off somewhere else. because Apple will protect your cherished revenue stream I'm a big fan of free software, and I dislike Apple. You can see this with my post history, it's no secret. Just the other day I got hounded on for calling proprietary software morally wrong. My code's floating around with free licenses all over the Internet. And I love it! while you go on about how incredibly unethical it all is Apple's unethical, Google's unethical, but you can release ethical applications on Apple devices (jailbroken app stores) and on Android devices (F-Droid). Calling people "trying to preserve their livelihood" "incredibly unethical" is the most entitled, self-serving, upper-class-bubbled nonsense I've ever seen in my life. I grew up in poverty, which is directly where my view is rooted. Pretending that gutting people's ability to be writers is a net social good Pretending that gutting access to books for people who can't afford them is a "net social good" is self-serving, entitled, upper-class nonsense. is such flagrant champagne socialist nonsense Not a socialist over here (not so fond of capitalism, either), but nice try. If you actually believe in the capitalist nonsense you're circlejerking so hard you wouldn't be against the market providing an alternative. Disrupting the chain of royalties that allows authors to survive is probably not the most effective way of dealing with it, insofar as your argument boils down to "things authors create are too darn valuable." The National Emergency Library doesn't include anything published in the last five years, has DRM, so on. It does minimal harm to the profits of authors, and I've already linked a post about the study the European Union funded that showed that actual piracy improves book sales, so... You want actual change, push for systemic change. Don't act like it's somehow moral to deny a buoy to someone who's drowning, or deny water to someone who's dying of thirst.