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You see, the problem, publishers, is that your "business" should not have been a business in the first place.
While it's true that publishers do something of value, the amount they charge is absurd.
What makes it even worse is that so many of the people involved are donating their labour. It reminds me of college sports in the US. The actual people doing the work, the athletes, are forced to do it for free. Meanwhile, a few select groups: coaches, TV networks, etc. are making huge amounts of money.
Yeah, I have no problem with people being compensated for their work.
The problem is that the discussion usually ends at "compensation" and never includes "how much?" Useful idiots believe that whatever price is charged is always fair and necessary, which is sad.
In a system literally built around the amount of money we have, we sure do like to believe that magnitude doesn't matter.
"Stolen"...where did the originals go?
Directly to zlibrary
Public knowledge can't be stolen IMHO
"He stole my idea!"
Mad respect.
Filling in Aaron Swartz footsteps
Hopefully not all the way...
articles aren't - and cannot be - stolen; articles are meant to be read.
Legends walk among us
Sussy
Hi 😏
Your choice of words may trigger some people around here...
Your choice of words may trigger some people around here…
Can you explain what you mean by that?
hero
Agreed