Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by Longlius on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:07PM
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Yes, they provide such useful services as underpaying authors, ensuring that authors get as little control over their creative output as possible, and bullying authors into changing their work to fit pet ideological crusades. Maybe smaller publishers still provide some semblance of service to the writers they work with, but the big publishers have been predatory entities for a long time.
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Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by geofft on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:24PM
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Sure, but the abolition of copyright would also mean that individual authors do not have copyright over their works, even if they sidestep the publishers. (Which, to be fair, the commenter upthread admits - turn on showdead in your profile if you want to see it.)
I am not sure that many authors who get mistreated by their publishers would feel like they're going to get paid better and have more control over their creative output if copyright goes away entirely.