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The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows

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Re: The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows

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Post by marshray »

scotty79 wrote: post #157
marshray wrote: post #146

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> My experience inflicted stupidity. We've all been there. > I find it nice that they linked to the original book. For every x earned let the original author earn many times more. > It's probably a better deal than the author got from their legal publisher. These two statements sound contradictory to me. > And who's fault is that? Google? Or this little slop maker that I'm (again stupidly) assuming is not a SEO hacke…

> These two statements sound contradictory to me. How so?

Well, it turned out the affiliate code linked as "the author's" actually belongs to the publisher anyway.

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Post by albedoa »

fsckboy wrote: post #148
rustcleaner wrote: post #113

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This is why awards need to be based on % of total assets or revenue of the defendant. If little guy beats the big guy defendant, little guy should walk away with millions or billions. If big guy wins against the little guy defendant, it's just hundreds or thousands. It makes relatively poor individuals who can't afford a team of effective lawyers lawsuit proof, while making those who can wage effective lawfare juicy…

> This is why awards need to be based on % of total assets or revenue of the defendant. yes! and we need to add the death penalty to the list of punishments for children, because what matters is not the size of the crime, but the harshness of enforcement, that's the real deterrent, arewerite!?

Weird comment!

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Post by albedoa »

zuzululu wrote: post #36
sixtyj wrote: post #16

Prompt Digital Inc (DBA Qontour) is a Webflow premium partner. So let’s ask Webflow’s public relations dept. how cool are they with the fact their partner is a lier and plagiarist.

I really don't think they give a shit > So let’s ask Webflow’s public relations dept. how cool are they with the fact their partner is a lier and plagiarist. I also frown upon bullying companies like this over something they can't control.

If they don't give a shit, then the bullying isn't an issue. If it's an issue, then they give a shit.

Re: The Wholesale Plagiarism of Obscure Sorrows

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Post by scotty79 »

marshray wrote: post #171
scotty79 wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> These two statements sound contradictory to me. How so?

Well, it turned out the affiliate code linked as "the author's" actually belongs to the publisher anyway.

Let's say author gets 40% of each sale and the publisher gets 60%. If a random dude brings a client through 'illegal' affiliate link that pays 2% of the item price. Then yes, he earns 2% without being blessed by the author. But the author earns 20x as much on that sale. While he earns only 2/3 of what publisher does on this sale. So this random dude with his dirty tactics brings the author many times better deal than publisher did.

All numbers made up. I don't have any idea what they might actually be. I'm just presenting my logic with an example, in service of hopefully better understanding.

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Post by InsideOutSanta »

carlosjobim wrote: post #122
InsideOutSanta wrote: post #107

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Every book contains all of its content. It's "open source" by necessity. Are you saying that if you buy a book, you can do with the contents of the book whatever you want?

Computer code is not comparable to a book. A better comparison would be a blueprint or a recipe. If Coca-Cola publishes their recipe wide and far for anybody to read, would you rage together with them when another beverage company starts selling drinks together with them?

> Computer code is not comparable to a book

Counterpoint: Yes, it is. Both are copyrighted under the same legal system.

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