Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive
by pdimitar on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @06:39AM
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> But when it comes to outright republishing of in-copyright printed works, the rights of creators and publishers need to be recognized.
That would have been fine if the power balance wasn't severely tilted in favour of the publishers.
Most of them are greedy rent-seeker middle-men that do much more harm to the interests of the creators compared to if they tried to self-publish.
I am not doubting you in particular. An indie publisher is likely more ethical than most mainstream publishers. But you have to recognise that you have a vested financial interest and that this might make you skip the bigger picture, which is...
...that a lot of programmers are creators. We also have "publishers" (middle-men) in terms of bad employers or hiring mediators, so you maybe should make an analogy targetting them.
Copyright is clearly not working for humanity because a lot of people constantly try and break it. Maybe somebody should open their eyes for that fact and think of another paradigm. We can dream.
That would have been fine if the power balance wasn't severely tilted in favour of the publishers.
Most of them are greedy rent-seeker middle-men that do much more harm to the interests of the creators compared to if they tried to self-publish.
I am not doubting you in particular. An indie publisher is likely more ethical than most mainstream publishers. But you have to recognise that you have a vested financial interest and that this might make you skip the bigger picture, which is...
...that a lot of programmers are creators. We also have "publishers" (middle-men) in terms of bad employers or hiring mediators, so you maybe should make an analogy targetting them.
Copyright is clearly not working for humanity because a lot of people constantly try and break it. Maybe somebody should open their eyes for that fact and think of another paradigm. We can dream.