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Not really. I don't just walk up to Random House and get my book on the B&N endcap. Also please define good author.

I'm certain you understood my point.

OP's argument is a common one amongst the IP entitlements crowd.

Totally cool! I'm confused how that's related to what I'm saying though.

Fair use was designed for teachers photocopying pages of Walden for their pupils to read over the weekend. Not industrial-scale laundering of IP to benefit shareholders.

"Information wants to be free" No, you want it to be free. The people whose labor created that information didn't want it to be free, especially for some gigacorp to launder while …

As a long-time writer, this case will have impact on me, but I maintain a fool's hope a Meta loss will significantly weaken IP-laundering megacorps.

OP is making the spurious argument that technology should have the same ethical entitlements as humans. It's on par with "information wants to be free".

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My general sense of HN is that it is pretty well moderated even if a bit opaquely. It's a niche audience who is gonna have their preferences that will bleed through, but also it's …

I don't think it's about one ideology over the other. It's about extremism of any sort that threatens to become violent. I'm not justifying or excusing it, but in my limited experi…

And those graduates also subsequently make their way into the IC.

It would actually be brilliant of the CCP to further entwine itself with Musk via acquisition. I think it goes without saying that the man is an opportunist and a globalist in popu…

Commentary is often second- and third-order.

Manga nerds on Tumblr aren't the artists I'm worried about. I'm talking about people whose intellectual labor is being laundered by gigacorps and the inane defenses mounted by thei…

For sure. I'm really just pointing out the inconsistent technocrat attitude towards labor, sovereignty, and resources.

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Computer touchers awash in luxury beliefs.

Or mutually-supporting fires, a death-spiral of agitprop fueling already bent values.

Stupid false dichotomy.