Pirate Party Politician Fights Piracy (Of Her Book)
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Except she used her position in the party to get the book deal so she should have considered the party policy on copyright. And because she is fairly well known(despite the fact that nobody in the pirate party actually likes her since she uses being in the party to shamelessly promote herself) she seriously she seriously damaged the party in the public eye(there are even theories floating around that the whole book deal was a setup since the pdf of the book was uploaded by a notorious German "newspaper" that then proceeded to report about the takedown. And discredited the pirate party is in the publishers best interest since changing copyright laws, which is currently being discussed in Germany, could really hurt their business model)Acrisius said:OK, I'm a bit confused. Because from what I can tell, it's actually her publisher who has something against the piracy, not her. And she says that when her deal with the publisher runs out, in 10 years, she'll happily make it available for free after it's up to her.
By my count, all she's guilty of is poor negotiation between herself and her publisher regarding the copyright issue. But I can see why it's more fun to just call her a hypocrite and thus try to invalidate any opinion she has or stands for
If she was a true pirate she would've never sold it to the publisher in the first place.Woodsey said:
So at best there's some degree of hypocrisy, but the title of the article itself is misleading and the rest of it is written as if it's true when it isn't, it seems.Aeonknight said:
Even then, I assume they don't campaign for people to not be allowed to sell their shit, they just want people to be able to pirate stuff freely if they want too.
Honestly, if I where in her shoes I would have still gotten it published but also offered a 'pay what you want' for a digital copy that way you give people the option.
BUT HECK THAT'S JUST MY DREAM WORLD.
I don't know, this article seems somewhat poorly worded as if the intention was to turn this into a massive stream of 'LOL HYPOCRITE' but that's just me.
BUT HECK THAT'S JUST MY DREAM WORLD.
I don't know, this article seems somewhat poorly worded as if the intention was to turn this into a massive stream of 'LOL HYPOCRITE' but that's just me.
This pretty much sums it up really well. But what I'd like to here is her opinion on the subject matter as, and don't hold me to this, I don't actually see a quote containing this.Woodsey said:
Yeah, but just turning around and saying "ALL THE THINGS!" isn't really the way to go about improving the world.Don Reba said:
And she needed a six figure advance to do this? She couldn't have just self-published her book over the internet? Maybe given the book away for free, or ran on an 'honesty box' payment scheme? Perhaps used Kickstarter to self-publish a hardcopy of the book?Andy Chalk said:
She didn't need to go to a publisher (who she, no doubt, knew wouldn't share her moronic views on copyright laws) to "fulfil her dream", and if the publisher came to her, then surely that would have put her in the position to decide how the book should be distributed.
Either way, there is hypocrisy at play here.
Um no miss aristocrat either we all are allowed equal and free access to information or not at all. There is no ands,ifs or butts...
Except, as someone who hates copyright in all it's forms, and as a prominent member of a political party that upholds those beliefs, you can't then sign up to a lucrative copyright contract and not expect to catch some flack!Acrisius said:OK, I'm a bit confused. Because from what I can tell, it's actually her publisher who has something against the piracy, not her. And she says that when her deal with the publisher runs out, in 10 years, she'll happily make it available for free after it's up to her.
By my count, all she's guilty of is poor negotiation between herself and her publisher regarding the copyright issue. But I can see why it's more fun to just call her a hypocrite and thus try to invalidate any opinion she has or stands for
THANK YOU!Krantos said:
I'm more astonished by the fact that she's getting 100,000 euros for her first book. Normally, a first time writer gets something closer to 1000. If they're lucky! Bet it's a shit book too.
Once you've worked hard on something, I imagine that it becomes especially clear to you how annoying it is for people to not compensate you for your trouble. Shame she hadn't the foresight to figure this sort of thing out earlier. Wonder what her publishers think, her biting their feeding hand.
Once you've worked hard on something, I imagine that it becomes especially clear to you how annoying it is for people to not compensate you for your trouble. Shame she hadn't the foresight to figure this sort of thing out earlier. Wonder what her publishers think, her biting their feeding hand.