Trish Wylie
@trishwylie.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Cat & short fat pony mom. Sci-fi & superhero geek. Burnout survivor. Open water dipper. Nature lover with tiny living goals. Ancestry hunter. Spurner of negativity. Located in the border wilderness of Fermanagh/Donegal. She/Her
On the flip side. As one of the biggest players, they could set this precedent to put some of the smaller names out of business. So it'll be interesting to watch. Definitely a bubble that'll burst at some point though. And I hear you on copyright. Believe me.
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
On the flip side. As one of the biggest players, they could set this precedent to put some of the smaller names out of business. So it'll be interesting to watch. Definitely a bubble that'll burst at some point though. And I hear you on copyright. Believe me.
A recent valuation put its worth at $183 billion. They raised $13 billion off the back of it. I don't think they're filing for bankruptcy any time soon.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A recent valuation put its worth at $183 billion. They raised $13 billion off the back of it. I don't think they're filing for bankruptcy any time soon.
What would be interesting is a searchable list of books excluded due to lack of a U.S. registered copyright. Because we could be talking big chunks of change the publisher cost the authors. If that's the case they'd have a cheek asking for half the payout on any books they DID register.
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What would be interesting is a searchable list of books excluded due to lack of a U.S. registered copyright. Because we could be talking big chunks of change the publisher cost the authors. If that's the case they'd have a cheek asking for half the payout on any books they DID register.
Will they still do this if the rights reverted to the author?
October 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Will they still do this if the rights reverted to the author?
Genuine question. I still remember the FBI/Government notices on banned sites. So why aren't we doing more of that? Less piracy sites means less potential for AI training theft, right? NOT doing something at this obvious tipping point will have consequences!
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Genuine question. I still remember the FBI/Government notices on banned sites. So why aren't we doing more of that? Less piracy sites means less potential for AI training theft, right? NOT doing something at this obvious tipping point will have consequences!
I come from a music industry background and back in the early days of ebooks wrote a series of blogs about how it mirrored what happened in the music biz. So my point is if the music and TV/Movie industries can instigate shutdowns of piracy sites WHY CANT IT BE DONE FOR BOOKS?
March 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I come from a music industry background and back in the early days of ebooks wrote a series of blogs about how it mirrored what happened in the music biz. So my point is if the music and TV/Movie industries can instigate shutdowns of piracy sites WHY CANT IT BE DONE FOR BOOKS?
Piracy is one of the consequences, long term, that we didn't see coming twenty years ago when books were migrating online. We should learn from the mistakes made there. Not an easy fix. But IMPORTANT. Would this Meta outrage have happened on this scale if PIRACY changes were implemented earlier?
March 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Piracy is one of the consequences, long term, that we didn't see coming twenty years ago when books were migrating online. We should learn from the mistakes made there. Not an easy fix. But IMPORTANT. Would this Meta outrage have happened on this scale if PIRACY changes were implemented earlier?
What would help is tighter legislation. Publishers banding together to do something about it is why all this information is hitting the light of day. Because there's an ongoing lawsuit. What Meta did was revealed as part of that process and the very fact they wanted to keep it hidden says a LOT.
March 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What would help is tighter legislation. Publishers banding together to do something about it is why all this information is hitting the light of day. Because there's an ongoing lawsuit. What Meta did was revealed as part of that process and the very fact they wanted to keep it hidden says a LOT.
The site where Meta got bazillions of books in one handy humongous download is a HUGE problem. Book piracy is a shell game. If readers want to find an author's book illegally, they will and there's a special place in hell for people who promote it. But it's almost barn door/bolting horse territory.
March 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The site where Meta got bazillions of books in one handy humongous download is a HUGE problem. Book piracy is a shell game. If readers want to find an author's book illegally, they will and there's a special place in hell for people who promote it. But it's almost barn door/bolting horse territory.
There's more than one reason so many people are upset by this and if you're in ANY of the creative arts, you should be upset, too. Because when it happens on this scale, left unchecked, it sets a precedent which will have consequences, long term.
March 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
There's more than one reason so many people are upset by this and if you're in ANY of the creative arts, you should be upset, too. Because when it happens on this scale, left unchecked, it sets a precedent which will have consequences, long term.