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Re:Show HN: My Book, Hands-On Software Engineering with Golang by plinkplonk on Saturday February 08, 2020 @01:37AM (#22274345)
> 4) They randomly decided one day to stop paying me royalties "because PayPal takes too much commission" or something.

Wow wouldn't that be illegal?

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Re:Show HN: My Book, Hands-On Software Engineering with Golang by jrockway on Saturday February 08, 2020 @06:06PM (#22279236)
It's not illegal, as I'm not their employee. It all depends on what's in your contract. Practically, it depends on what court is going to enforce the contract. They aren't in the US and I am, so... prohibitively expensive to go after the $20 they owe me.
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