npub1sh38eap3x37kpxj5h7dynxmm74fxgwt8z4g5d30z2tahm237gf4q8ahycq (npub1sh3…hycq) >If authors didn't want copyright, they'd release their books into the public domain or free-license them.
It's very difficult to validly place a work into the public domain in most countries - so the difficulty alone may be a reason why so little books are in the public domain.
Many authors do release certain books under free licenses, but the author retains their copyright in that case.
>Yet, author after author chooses to enter into contracts under which they get paid.
Yes, author after author gets coerced into unfair contracts because publishers ensure that books can't easily be published without them.
翠星石 /
npub1x2v…ar98
2023-10-28 16:58:29
in reply to nevent1q…43zl
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