Comments by "J Nagarya" (@jnagarya519) on "DistroTube" channel.

  1. DRM protects the rights of those who own the property being protected. The idea that only the consumer has rights is BOGUS.
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  2. Amazon does not have a monopoly because there are alternative self-publishing outlets.
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  3.  @3nertia  There are alternatives to Amazon for self-publishing. _Ergo_, Amazon doesn't have a monopoly on self-publishing.
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  4.  @3nertia  I'm not for self-publishing. The point I made is that there are alternatives to Amazon for self-publishing, THEREFORE Amazon is not a monopoly. Certainly self-publishing ensures that there will be a flood of crap. Otherwise, any promotion must be done by the author. Established publishers do the promotion because they have in-house departments specifically for that purpose. Otherwise I don't "do" Facebook because I saw it for the scam it is.
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  5.  @3nertia  All the conspiracy nonsense is a bore.
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  6.  @3nertia  Self-publishing platforms are for profit. And it's likely they have terms of service. Most publishers do. It's a contract with benefits and limitations on both sides.
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  7. Yes: the protections of copyrights threaten the "freedom" to steal others' "sweat of the brow" property.
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  8. @anon8510 It is if you don't pay for it. But who cares that the theft is from the creator's potential income.
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  9. @anon8510 Piracy is illegal. I have a Mark Twain volume published during the 1900s; illegal publication; theft.
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  10. Those who don't pay are stealing from the person who owns the copyright -- typically the person who created the stolen property. Apparently there is a blinness to the hypocrisy of stealing from those one purports to "love".
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