/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15681490]

>"""""""LOANING""""""" EBOOKS
>"""""""""RETURNING""""""" EBOOKS

[Anonymous No.15681500]

>>15681490
>not uploading them back to libgen after you loan them
scum like you give pirates a bad name bruh

[Anonymous No.15681538]

people often say,
"the infinitely reproducible is not scarce
the not-scarce has no value
it is no more property than air."
but I wonder,
is that which is reproducible infinitely
the same as the template that produces it?
might the template still be scarce?
can i own a template, rightly?

[Anonymous No.15681681]

>>15681538
Completely moot in the case of books because any copy of the text is as good as any other.

[Anonymous No.15681702]

>>15681500
if libgən is such a good storing spot why is its administration so bad at inspiring anons to upload IA books on it? its a book accumulators own option to upload books on it or not.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » mxvabIoSIE No.15681728]

modern copyright law is kneeling on the necks of e-libraries despite being completely outdated and out of touch so they have to resort to this kind of retarded shit.

like something is literally infinitely replicable but they need to *pretend* to work like a normal library or the disney police will shut them down. it's sad. "intellectual" "property" is the most jewish machination on earth

[Anonymous No.15681778]

>>15681728
How do we fix it?

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » mxvabIoSIE No.15681890]

>>15681778
literally murder capitalists

[▲ !!P5LikAXLeMY No.15681918]

>>15681538
Intellectual property is no more or less property than any other kind of property. What makes it seem different is that it reveals in a way that is plain to see the artificial nature of all property, that the property relation is not inherent of things but is imposed from without for social ends. This is neither good nor bad on its face. We want to compensate people for work we consider valuable. We also want to make as many things available to as many people as possible, for this is society's flourishing. We must, and do, find a way to satisfy both. Current enforcement is poor, and so we buyers are forced to the play the fool. But as the digital mimics the real, the real will likewise return the favor.

[Anonymous No.15681924]

>>15681490
Yes, ridiculous. I know. 2020, right?

[Anonymous No.15682366]

>>15681728
based
>>15681890
cringe

[Anonymous No.15682831]

>>15681778
Give consumers a better service than pirates do. It's the only way you can convince people to pay for something that they can otherwise get for free.
The only way the legal market can compete with piracy is to have a single, centralized distribution company that doesn't impose any restrictions. But then there's a few problems.
1) you need to convince all companies to join forces. Just look at how every major studio is creating their own streaming service. On the other hand, piracy is a collaborative effort, people are inclined to share by principle.
2) even if they agree, you have to make sure content just doesn't get pulled off because licensing agreements expired. Happens all the time on Spotify, and I've heard it happened to Steam too. With piracy, as long as there's one seed, torrents don't die.
3) it would essentially be a monopoly, with all the disadvantages that come with it. Pay artists peanuts, and enforce invasive DRM on customers. At the same time, there's always the chance of anti-trust laws being used against them. Piracy is highly decentralized, no one has any power.
It's pretty much impossible to beat piracy with traditional methods.
The most appropriate method for the internet age is self-publishing, and directly supporting the artist, with services like Patreon and crowdfunding in general. Digital distribution is dirt cheap, the only value a traditional publisher can offer is advertising. But even then, I've read that people don't care for ads, they care for recommendations by other people.
Bandcamp is an interesting example, you can let people name their own price when buying music (which is DRM-free, and offered in a variety of formats), and they say that most of the time, people pay more than the suggested price:
>However, in all cases, leaving “let fans pay more if they want” checked is key: fans pay more than the minimum a whopping 40% of the time, driving up the average price paid by nearly 50%
https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/360007802534-What-pricing-performs-best-
Also, they only take 15% of the profits on digital sales, and 10% if you make more than 5k. I don't know much about publishing, but I've heard figures for the publisher's cut being 30%+.
>https://bandcamp.com/pricing

[Anonymous No.15683469]

>>15681778
Just like everything else, vote for stricter immigration control

[Anonymous No.15683480]

>>15681728
>>15681890
DIE YOU FUCKING DISGUSTING TRANNY