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> Over 190,000 copyrighted books obtained from pirated websites. While that’s a lot, the estimated number of just English published novels is roughly an order
by layer8 7mo ago
> Over 190,000 copyrighted books obtained from pirated websites.
While that’s a lot, the estimated number of just English published novels is roughly an order of magnitude above that [0], so “every novel that has ever been published” isn’t anywhere near correct, in all likelihood.
[0] https://litlab.stanford.edu/how-many-novels-have-been-published-in-english-an-attempt/ https://litlab.stanford.edu/how-many-novels-have-been-publis...
- xvxvx 7mo ago[flagged]
- layer8 7mo agoI feel that hyperboles like in the present submission title are working against the cause, because they are putting up a strawman. Absolutely do fight the unethical practices, but do not misrepresent reality, otherwise you are denigrating your own position. We need to be accurate about what’s the case, to have credibility.
- solarkraft 7mo agoThat’s not what they are doing. Accuser made a false claim and they are refuting it.