Category: Amazon
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The King in Yellow, basis for True Detective is public domain, you can have it for free
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers has become incredibly popular since True Detective began. For $4.83 Amazon will print a copy and ship it to you. IO9 reports that 1,602 copies have been sold through their Amazon ad alone. That’s a nice little windfall for Amazon and io9. The thing about it is…
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If You Pay to Download Something, You Don’t Actually Own It
You’ve no doubt seen the absurd campaigns by groups like the RIAA and the MPAA. The recurring claim is downloading = theft. There is an obvious difference between making a copy of something and stealing it, The handy infographic below should help you to understand that difference. What the copyright police do not tell you…
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If You Pay to Download Something, You Don’t Actually Own It
You’ve no doubt seen the absurd campaigns by groups like the RIAA and the MPAA. The recurring claim is downloading = theft. There is an obvious difference between making a copy of something and stealing it, The handy infographic below should help you to understand that difference. What the copyright police do not tell you…