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OctoberCountry posted:I miss the bug orgies I miss Waru.
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Showing me this man's beard was a hate crime.
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remigious posted:Apparently he is friends with a bunch of my writer acquaintances, but I had never heard of him. I have decided, after viewing the evidence presented here, that he sucks. Maybe I'm a cynical bastard, but it feels like all the people leaping to his defence are trying to just buddy up to him because he's a "big name." Apparently Wendig didn't write the fart wedding? Maybe we should have been able to tell, because whilst it's awful for a multitude of reasons, Wendig has a truly terrible and unique way of writing. 
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I grabbed one of this guy's books after Force Awakens came out. I've read a lot of trashy Star Wars and Warhammer stuff, but couldn't get a quarter of the way through Aftermath. Sat at the bottom of my bag for months
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His style reminds me of foam adventure pals in written form. ZANY!
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Parahexavoctal posted:Chuck Wendig had a twitter thread that got made into a movie. This is a hate crime.
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:comics writers, just as a note, tend to be really insane about piracy compared to the general public for a few reasons. This makes a lot of sense. All that said, I wonder how many of those pirates are also buying comics. I used to be big into comics but even setting aside a large portion of my fun budget each month, there was no way I could afford the hobby. So I’d pirate crossovers and back issues. I’m still occasionally picking up old trades to complete the series I was reading from years ago. I stopped looking into new comics because the poo poo is expensive.
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Jun 13, 2020 17:07
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Writers deserve to be paid, most earn close to nothing, even really goood writers. They have moral and legal rights over their copyrighted works, many of which took years to create. So good move Chuck Wendig.
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Jun 13, 2020 17:12
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writers deserve to get paid* and all people deserve all art because all ideas are everyone's *only because of a hostile economic system, really, everyone should get paid for being alive by default
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Jun 13, 2020 17:15
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Are there any stats re authors: I lost money that actually effected me because of piracy of my book?
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I would have agreed that all writers deserve to be paid before I read this thread.
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BigBadSteve posted:Writers deserve to be paid, most earn close to nothing, even really goood writers. They have moral and legal rights over their copyrighted works, many of which took years to create. So good move Chuck Wendig. Except this lawsuit is only benefitting the giant corporate publishers who are already paying said writers way less than they deserve
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Jun 13, 2020 17:23
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I am a writer of posts yet I am not paid for this, indeed I had to pay for the privilege. Maybe it is Chuck Wendigo who should be paying us 
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Diesel Fucker posted:Maybe I'm a cynical bastard, but it feels like all the people leaping to his defence are trying to just buddy up to him because he's a "big name."
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People who buy books buy books File sharing didn't destroy computer games or music industry. Youre precious nook with a warm blanket and a cup of chai is fine you dumb fucks. I guess wanting to sell their asses to big publishers is the problem here? I mean Bandcamp for music, Itch and others for games...Shits progressed. A Grand Egg fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2020 17:45
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Is the lawsuit of the 4 publishers against the IA a result of this, or was that already happening? Did this loving dipshit open the floodgates for a cool library project to get shuttered?
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BigBadSteve posted:Writers deserve to be paid, most earn close to nothing, even really goood writers. They have moral and legal rights over their copyrighted works, many of which took years to create. So good move Chuck Wendig. Have you ever tried to borrow an e-book from the archive before the pandemic? The way the internet archive normally works, they do. One copy owned by the archive = one copy loaned out at a time. Wait times for popular books were not short. Which is how libraries have worked for the last 170 years. Why was it never a problem for authors before now? With e-books publishers have been attempting to destroy the public library model. They already bullied libraries out of the idea of ownership. Public library e-books exist on sufferance with every e-book being a temporary 'license' that will evaporate after n uses. That's an unsustainable burden in the long term. Public libraries overwhelmingly support people who can't afford to buy any book they want. Authors deserve to get paid, poor people deserve to be able to read.
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Heath posted:Is the lawsuit of the 4 publishers against the IA a result of this, or was that already happening? Did this loving dipshit open the floodgates for a cool library project to get shuttered? This dipshit started it, yes, Then tried backtracking hard like lovely rich white liberal that didnt know calling the cops gets people killed And hes now locked his twitter  His blog is here http://terribleminds.com/ramble/blog/ A Grand Egg fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Jun 13, 2020 |
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Jun 13, 2020 18:11
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What a oval office (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Doin' Strongbad dirty here.
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I think this guy seems like he's not a very good writer, but he's a better writer than everyone in here who has never actually written anything
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https://twitter.com/replyguys_txt/status/1271766669841567746?s=09
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Pick posted:I think this guy seems like he's not a very good writer, but he's a better writer than everyone in here who has never actually written anything Pretty sure this falls under the "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" clause
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Pick posted:I think this guy seems like he's not a very good writer, but he's a better writer than everyone in here who has never actually written anything Better than your posts maybe ...
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Jun 13, 2020 18:59
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Klyith posted:Authors deserve to get paid, poor people deserve to be able to read. All this additional information about this Wendgo fellow makes me feel badly about Whitehead for being associated with him in any way.
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Jun 13, 2020 18:59
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The Internet Archive does an ill-conceived, self-destructive own goal that was always going to get them sued into the ground by publishers. But gently caress this one author, am I right?
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Jun 13, 2020 19:03
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Heath posted:Pretty sure this falls under the "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" clause Writing white noise short stories and posting them in GBS threads is fun though
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Jun 13, 2020 19:08
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Authors in general should paid for their work, but the specific author Chuck Wendig should be fired out of a cannon
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Jet Jaguar posted:The Internet Archive does an ill-conceived, self-destructive own goal that was always going to get them sued into the ground by publishers. yes you are
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Pick posted:I think this guy seems like he's not a very good writer, but he's a better writer than everyone in here who has never actually written anything Vincent Van Goatse posted:I'm an author. I love the Internet Archive because I was able to find dozens of primary sources for my work as a historian because of their work. Chuck Wendig can eat my rear end hairs.
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Jun 13, 2020 19:19
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Chuck isn't gonna suck your dick. or drink your breast milk, chill out
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Jeffrey Dahmer posted:Chuck isn't gonna suck your dick. or drink your breast milk, chill out Neither is the internet archive
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Jet Jaguar posted:The Internet Archive does an ill-conceived, self-destructive own goal that was always going to get them sued into the ground by publishers. Kiss the very tip of my dick
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I guess I just don’t see how it’s any different from lending a friend a book. If they read it for free and really enjoy it, they’ll buy their own copy!
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From my understanding, getting rid of the Internet Archive means the Wayback Machine goes away too, right? This is bigger than just authors. As someone who writes and knows other people who write, some of them even professionally, yes, it's very important for creators to be paid for their time, energy, and effort. However, as a creator, I do this for the joy of creation. I'd be willing to let my novels be read for free because my goal is to entertain and educate. However, that's not how the capitalist world works, and in order for people to survive they have to be paid so they can afford to pay others for food, shelter, and other amenities. Exposure bucks don't pay the rent. I will admit that my knowledge of this isn't as thorough as it could or should be-- if you have better resources then please correct me. This lawsuit is about precedent and punishment, as far as I can understand. Wendig could have sued for less, but he's suing for an amount that the IA absolutely can't pay, right? So it's not about getting justice, it's about breaking them. Naturally, publishers are going to back him on this. People reading free copies aren't buying those books. Granted, some people are-- I've read a book for free online that I later bought just to have a nice copy of a story I love-- but a lot of people, myself included, just want to read something once and not have it sitting around for them to deal with later. You know who else is going to back him on this? Corporations and politicians who want the Wayback Machine to go away so that people can't throw their words back into their faces later. Can we recreate the IA again later? Maybe. But you'd be starting fresh, from scratch, because all that preexisting information would most likely be gone. It's petabytes of information-- good luck downloading all that. I don't have a degree in law or anything like that, so I may very well be speaking out of my rear end, but this is bigger than a single lackluster author throwing a hissy fit.
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Pick posted:I think this guy seems like he's not a very good writer, but he's a better writer than everyone in here who has never actually written anything nah shaddup
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Jun 13, 2020 20:25
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if thats how someone writes than those who have not are definitely better than he
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CantDecideOnAName posted:From my understanding, getting rid of the Internet Archive means the Wayback Machine goes away too, right? Your understanding is wrong. The Internet Archive isn't going away. Just the bit where they're offering filez for new books.
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Jun 13, 2020 20:50
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Fartington Butts posted:Edit: This dude is definitely friends with Adam Savage, right? Travis McElroy at the very least
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It's chronicled online that Wendig has the notoriety of being fired from his Star Wars writing gig due to his social media outbursts. But not as an ultraconservative - as a wingnut leftist blowhard. In a company AND industry that swings predominantly left, no less!
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