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The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago (1 children)

four major publishers – Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House – to file a lawsuit against Internet Archive in June 2020.

Well now you know which publishers to steal from 100% of the time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I pirate almost every book, the only ones I actually buy are new ones from authors I love (Brandon Sanderson is the main one) or books I pirated that I loved enough to want to support the author

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Honestly if you want to support an artist, dont buy their work. Steal their work and give them a donation. Otherwise you're mostly supporting the middle-men more than the artist.