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The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy

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101 points kozmonaut | 3 comments | 27 Sep 25 06:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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buyucu ◴[27 Sep 25 07:57 UTC] No.45393947[source]▶
I just use libgen / Anna's Archive. No need to pay money to Amazon.
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ugjka ◴[27 Sep 25 08:08 UTC] No.45393995[source]▶
So how exactly pirating the books give money to the writers?
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shakna ◴[27 Sep 25 08:42 UTC] No.45394152[source]▶
The more people who pirate my books, the greater my sales across all platforms. That's not hyperboly - its something I track.

Individuals who pirate my books are also more likely to buy them in the future.

Piracy is just about accessibility and trust. If the person can't afford to take a chance, they pirate. And if you win them there, they'll buy.

(Nit: Zero of that applies to corps. Thanks Anthropic, Meta, and everyone else.)

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qmr ◴[27 Sep 25 08:54 UTC] No.45394206[source]▶
Are you looking forward to tens of ... dollars from that recent suit?
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1. shakna ◴[27 Sep 25 11:20 UTC] No.45394831[source]▶
Some of my publishers are, as they're American. I'm unlikely to see any of that.

Unfortunately, I'm Australian, and my government saw fit to narrow their interpretation of current laws, to make AI scraping of illegally obtained data, legal.

You now have to prove direct harm - not the indirect harm happening to the entire industry.

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2. pabs3 ◴[27 Sep 25 12:56 UTC] No.45395335[source]▶
Is non-AI-related scraping now legal too?
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3. shakna ◴[27 Sep 25 13:26 UTC] No.45395539[source]▶
Only if the original data scraper gets permission. [0]

[0] https://www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-centre/global-expectation...