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Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Publishers usually get about 85 to 90% of the revenue on printed books, and 75% of the revenue on ebooks.

If using copyrighted data becomes illegal, they will get 100% of the profit from selling their data most likely.

This book should be aimed at them.