It's not the popular authors that would be getting ripped off, it'd be the small ones. Corps would have people scouting books en masse, find one worth taking without a reputation to back themselves up, then present their own version and crush any momentum you might gain against their millions of dollars in marketing.

[–] blazera@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

The small ones already dont make money from their work. If theyre undiscovered, they dont have any fans to buy their book. If they are discovered, they have fan support.

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you severely underestimate the greed of corporations. If there was no copyright whatsoever there would nothing to stop, for example, amazon not publishing the new novel by a middling author and instead selling their own version where they take all the profit.

[–] blazera@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didnt disagree with that part. Youre missing the part where theres nothing stopping fans from giving the author money instead.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are they finding fans?

[–] blazera@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same way they are now?

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By not having their work stolen and published under a different author?

[–] blazera@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Stolen before its ever been published? I think yall are getting tripped up with thinking corporations can see the future and can steal something that will become successful but has not yet been discovered by any readers. If its successful enough to be stolen, its already successful.