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Anonymous Sun Jan 17 12:44:36 2021 No.17310549 [Reply] [Original]

will all books be free one day?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 12:46:08 2021 No.17310558 Hopefully not. Living writers have to get paid something. I'm ok with the current "goes copyright-free 100 years later" system.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sun Jan 17 12:48:48 2021 No.17310577 File: 43 KB, 314x500, A49E43D3-C642-407D-AAEA-57A91BD56106.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17310549 Today. >>17310558 Pssshhhhhhh. You have no imagination.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 12:52:28 2021 No.17310606 >>17310549 Copyright expires, so yeah.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sun Jan 17 12:54:03 2021 No.17310619 >>17310606 So everything except what Disney buys

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 13:02:49 2021 No.17310685 >>17310558 yeah, we have to end with the 'writer' meme. there is already enough stuff. >>17310577 how much is that book? >>17310606 no i mean, all books at once.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 13:05:56 2021 No.17310711 File: 69 KB, 818x864, 9r2a9skk8a351.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17310549 All of the ones that aren't banned or altered, maybe.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 13:11:08 2021 No.17310742 what you mean with libgenis, scihub and torrent sites practically all of the books are already free

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sun Jan 17 13:24:10 2021 No.17310834 >>17310685 I got it free

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 13:57:44 2021 No.17311106 >>17310549 >>17310558 I think they can have a different more profitable money stream if publishers gave books out for free and had a Patreon or some sort. Publishers can be more interesting certainly

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 14:13:24 2021 No.17311262 >>17310549 They already are. LIBGEN

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 14:14:08 2021 No.17311266 >>17310549 They already are dumb anime poster

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 17 14:24:34 2021 No.17311352 >>17310742 >>17311262 >>17311266 well, it is certainly a great source, but if you think libgen has everything then you are ignoring the forest behind thee first tree.