We, as writers, have it tough enough. Depending on the writing we do, we work for hours, days, even years to bring to light a single article, screenplay, book. Only to have them stolen by piracy sites like LibGen and others. And now of course, Mark Zuckerberg (for Meta), is the most recent subject of a class action suit regarding the theft of authors’ hard work, for the purposes of training Artificial Intelligence.
In essence, the pirated work has infringed on copyright and taken money directly from our pockets, and will continue to do so, because as you will see in the articles below (links attached), despite court rulings and settlements, not a cent is being received from the criminals. Please read these articles, share them, search for others—because they abound.
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