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As a long-time writer, this case will have impact on me, but I maintain a fool's hope a Meta loss will significantly weaken IP-laundering megacorps.
by 23B1 2y ago
As a long-time writer, this case will have impact on me, but I maintain a fool's hope a Meta loss will significantly weaken IP-laundering megacorps.
- Filligree 2y agoAs a long-time writer, this case will have little impact on me, but I maintain a hope it’ll expand the limits of fair use and let us make more shared worlds than we’re allowed to.
- 23B1 2y agoFair use was designed for teachers photocopying pages of Walden for their pupils to read over the weekend. Not industrial-scale laundering of IP to benefit shareholders.
- Filligree 2y agoSo if the latter is fine, then publishing fanfiction should be a small ask, right?
- s1artibartfast 2y agofanfiction can already be published. You just aren't allowed to sell it.
- bloppe 2y agoUnless it's funny enough to qualify as parody.
- scudsworth 2y agoim sorry, is this article about meta training its ai on fanfiction or something or are you just trying to shoehorn in your pet issue
- drewcoo 2y ago> Fair use was designed for teachers photocopying pages of Walden for their pupils to read over the weekend. Walden was first published in 1854. At the time, the maximum length of copyright in the US was 28 years (14 at first + 14 on renewal). Notions of "fair use" in the US can be traced back to the mid-1800s, too. There were court rulings, but fair use was not codified into law until 1976. Non-profit educational use was explicitly called out in 1976 also. Photocopiers were first patented in 1937.
- 23B1 2y agoI'm certain you understood my point.
- ASalazarMX 2y agoI just want writers to receive a bigger share of the cake, so publisher megacorps aren't the ones grabbing the lion's share. Writers could make a better living, and copyright could be reformed so corpos can't gate popular culture for more than two generations.
- carlosjobim 2y agoWriters decide if they want to use a publisher and which publishers to use. With the internet, I don't think any good author needs to rely on a traditional publisher.
- 23B1 2y agoNot really. I don't just walk up to Random House and get my book on the B&N endcap. Also please define good author.
- carlosjobim 2y agoAnybody can self publish on Apple Books, and probably on Amazon as well. Who cares about Random House, or B&N endcap (whatever that is). A "good author" in this case is somebody who can independently make sure his book is readable, and doesn't have to rely on a publisher to fix spelling, get pages in order, and such.
- 23B1 2y ago[flagged]
- carlosjobim 2y agoThen illuminate me. Or is this the hacker classic again to have the cake and eat it too? Ie, you should have the right to use the publishers' distribution networks for your book, but they are evil capitalists when they charge their rate?
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