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   Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 12:53:47 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love:
   Saw someone simping for copyright in the wild. And not just normal copyright either, oh no, this fucker was simping for AMAZON KINDLE copyright. :vomit:
   
   I don't understand how a living, breathing human being can come to the conclusion of "why yes, I would like to pay a ridiculous sum of money to this faceless megacorp for the right to ask permission to read my books, if it's okay with them!" without having terminal brain damage :tanya_sigh:
   
   (I'd post screens but the post has some ties to me IRL and I don't want the dox risk)
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 12:53:46 JST 翠星石

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     @Giganova8 Which country btw?
     
     The corrupt illegitimate and arguably unlawful "DMCA" really is only a thing in the USA - in other countries it is not illegal to break digital handcuffs, although reverse engineering software may be.
     
     In most countries, personally downloading an unauthorized copy of a file doesn't break any laws.
     
     
     Remember that if it doesn't involve a boat, it's not piracy by definition.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:01:18 JST 翠星石

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     @Giganova8 >the only game in town for e-book publishing
     You do not need a publisher that will steal from you - you literally put bank details or whatever up on a website and email the pdf to whoever purchases it.
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     Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:01:19 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love:

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     I get that they're basically the only game in town for e-book publishing, but damn, don't pretend they're not absurdly vile with their terms of service like a fucking slave, have some self-respect :nacho_disgust:
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:01:33 JST 翠星石

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     • Tactical
     • Pawlicker
     @PurpCat @Tactical @Giganova8 Have you done your duty of scanning the books and sharing them online?
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     Tactical (tactical@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:01:34 JST Tactical

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     imagine simping for ebook publishing on amazon when they charge (you) to give your book out to people by doing it (let's say you want some ARC readers, you have to pay $20 if you want them to be able to review.)
     
     It's so utterly tiresome... I'm big tired rnw on writing 😭
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     Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:01:34 JST Pawlicker

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     • Tactical
     @Tactical @Giganova8 i know an author who only releases physical copies.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:10:18 JST 翠星石

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     @Giganova8 >but have you actually met any authors willing to go through with that?
     I'm a shitpost author myself, but I haven't met any authors myself.
     
     >they crave the convenience of some form of publisher, and they're all too scared of "doxing"
     A traditional publisher usually has no convenience, as they usually demand you hand over your copyright and will dox you harder than a website ever could.
     
     >circulating amongst the normies to ever put anything like bank details up
     You can walk into a bank and get them to give you a bank account with nothing in it and bank details alone usually doesn't reveal any personal information unlike a paypal account.
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     Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:10:20 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love:

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     @Suiseiseki
     Yes, that's technically true, but have you actually met any authors willing to go through with that? Basically all I've ever even seen would never do such a thing, they crave the convenience of some form of publisher, and they're all too scared of "doxing" or whatever other cybersecurity scare is circulating amongst the normies to ever put anything like bank details up. (PayPal and co. are just as bad as Amazon in many respects, so that's not really a solution either). I don't have a solution myself, I just wish people wouldn't pretend that Amazon is some sort of benevolent protector of creators when they pull some DRM bullshit. :reimu_sigh:
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:22:16 JST 翠星石

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     @Giganova8 >how much better something like Proton is over Gmail
     Unfortunately it really isn't that much better.
     
     Ironically the only gratis usable mail providers that don't glow as bright as the sun are cock.li and pissmail.com (super easy to make an account for the latter).
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     Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love: (giganova8@varishangout.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:22:17 JST Giganova8 :sob2: :nacho_love:

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     @Suiseiseki
     Like I said, I (and most people on here I would guess) understand all that, but the average normie author isn't going to think that far ahead, or want to put in even that much effort. Any solution to the current issues is, unfortunately, going to have to be able to compete in the realm of convenience and apparent "security", because that's all people like that care about. I can go on and on about how much better something like Proton is over Gmail, and all I get is "yeah but I know Google though and it's super easy!!!". A lot of these people don't want to be saved, unfortunately. :zt_sad:
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:33:23 JST 翠星石

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     • Johnny Peligro, now on Mitra!
     @mischievoustomato >it's a pita I've heard
     It isn't if you already host a server on an unrestricted connection.
     
     Proprietary distros like Debian even have the mailsever package configured to work out of the box.
     
     There is also proprietary "mail in a box" VM images.
     
     Of course you would manually install a mailsever in a free distro wouldn't you?
     
     
     You need to set a few DNS records as well, but that's easy.
     
     The main issue is setting rDNS to match the sending domain (not strictly necessary, but most mailservers do regard rDNS as confirmation that mail isn't spam) and then DKIM (not really necessary, but if you can do this, you should).
     
     Even after all that, gmail and outlook might block your mail server that is clearly not sending spam, but that's only a feature if that happens.
     
     You will of course receive lots of spam from gmail and outlook, plus a lesser amount of spam from elsewhere (most of it seems to be non-standards compliant sending scripts, which can be blocked by configuring exim to terminate incorrect SMTP sessions).
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     Johnny Peligro, now on Mitra! (mischievoustomato@mitra.taihou.website)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:33:24 JST Johnny Peligro, now on Mitra!

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     @EdBoatConnoisseur @Giganova8 I'd like to self host email but it's a pita I've heard @Suiseiseki

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     EdBoatConnoisseur (edboatconnoisseur@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 13:33:25 JST EdBoatConnoisseur

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     @Suiseiseki @Giganova8 There was also the mail server that bae.st's admin, sjw was running.

     Also heard good stuff from tutanota and distroot.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 14:13:23 JST 翠星石

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     • Johnny Peligro, now on Mitra!
     @mischievoustomato I've only heard reports of such, in my personal experience gmail and outlook haven't blocked me yet.
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     Johnny Peligro, now on Mitra! (mischievoustomato@mitra.taihou.website)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 14:13:24 JST Johnny Peligro, now on Mitra!

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     @Suiseiseki
     > Even after all that, gmail and outlook might block your mail server that is clearly not sending spam, but that's only a feature if that happens.

     once again, you show why you shouldn't be taken seriously