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0 pointsmassinstall3y ago0 comments

Exactly this, thanks for highlighting this here! I find it astoundingly upsetting that the people who run this pirated library ask for donations at the bottom of the linked page (of course in Bitcoin), citing they can only keep the library online if they’re getting paid for it… what arrogance!

Like they cannot see that they’re inserting themselves in between the readers and the authors, whom they effectively try to steal the money from. Authors of course can also only continue to write books if they’re getting paid for it. It’s truly parasitic behavior.

I’m sorry this happened to you and I share your pain. :(

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falcor843y ago

>Authors of course can also only continue to write books if they’re getting paid for it.

This is patently false, with the simplest counterexample being that most authors write their first book without a first getting a publishing deal.

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