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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't blame the writers, some of whom are long dead, and some titles are long out of print.

[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Writers give publishers legitimacy. Publishers will regularly pull the writers out to trot out some "copyright is important" line.