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Considering that books have probably been the easiest thing to pirate for the last 30 years, and LLMs are probably the worst way to try and read a book free, I'

Considering that books have probably been the easiest thing to pirate for the last 30 years, and LLMs are probably the worst way to try and read a book free, I'm not sure why authors would be focusing their anger at AI. Many books you can even get free at a library....

jpetso 8mo ago
Free books for you as an individual, not free for the library and the city backing it. What's in your library still ends up paying authors (and their publishers).
- WarmWash 8mo ago
  I mean, pirates putting books online for everyone also bought a copy, so I guess we're all good then?