In most circumstances, I would agree with "that's reactionary, illiberal, and destructive". And also, "I think it will misfire", I agree with this, too, the mo

In most circumstances, I would agree with "that's reactionary, illiberal, and destructive". And also, "I think it will misfire", I agree with this, too, the more I think about it. However. Amazon has deliberately manipulated this situation specifically to hide its own culpability behind the fear of such a thing backfiring. Amazon knowingly provides access to business tools to entities Amazon has a wealth of available information to indicate are not trustworthy. Amazon educates these untrustworthy individuals on how to apply for bogus/weird patent and copyright names so they can continue to shovel their dangerous products to unsuspecting consumers (Yes, an AI-generated mushroom harvesting guide is a dangerous, life-threatening product, there is no argument otherwise considering the state of AI information integrity). Amazon knowingly provides these tools to individuals who have already had products taken down previously for them being dangerous to consumers. It's even WORSE for the e-publishing side of things right now. Perhaps my initial response was reactionary, but I can't help but feel Amazon should suffer for arranging this in some way.