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 I see my book is illegally available for download through this site. That is very fucking uncool. I spent a quarter million dollars over 32 years traveling and doing research and interviews and writing in order to bring that book to the world. To see my work fucking openly pirated like this is not fucking cool at all. 11 comments
 @fokker @brianstorms  @fokker @brianstorms it's like people forget libraries exist and allow you to read books for free. Sites like this steal from authors. @Jennifer @brianstorms THESE PEOPLE WOULDN'T BUY THAT BOOK ANYWAYS. LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST IN A 1KM RADIUS FOR EVERYONE. FUCK YOUR GATEKEEPING. COPYRIGHT IS NOT FOR INDIE AUTHORS. IT'S FOR BIG CORPORATIONS AND THEIR INTERESTS. @fokker @brianstorms lol Alex blocked me. I have written a number of independently published books and I don't want them available for free because I spend my own money on an editor and cover designer, then the cost of printing books, and my book sales are part of my income. I don't go through a publisher but distribute through libraries so if people want to read them for free they have that option. Indie authors deserve to be paid just like any profession.  @brianstorms @molytov @internetarchive If it helps at all, it has been shown in study after study that copies pirated β lost sales; only a small minority of those who pirate video games, movies, etc would have spent the money to purchase a copy anyway. @apicultor @molytov @internetarchive Thanks, Cory. π Yeah, no, it doesnβt help at all. Theft is theft. No sugarcoating it. @brianstorms @molytov @internetarchive It is not theft because if someone steals a copy there is not one less copy remaining to be sold. If someone pirates it that would have otherwise paid, that is indeed lost income. But what about all those who never would have paid anyway? Not trying to justify any loss of income for creative folk; just trying to put things in perspective. I will say that I had never heard of your book, but it sounds interesting. Maybe now I'll buy one, thanks to piracy! @apicultor @brianstorms @molytov @internetarchive |
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@brianstorms with all due respect but copyright doesnt care about you, it cares about the profit of companies
you bootlicking the system isn't gonna do shit