Mastodawn

Hausgeist Jan 5

#HarperCollins spirals deeper into the AI slop swamp. If they want to make sure I'll never buy another title from them, this is certainly the way and I'm so goddamn tired of this bullshit. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/harlequin-france-outsources-translation-to-ai #boycottHarperCollins

Harlequin France ‘outsources translation to AI’

Harlequin’s French division is reportedly transitioning to AI-generated translation, according to a letter published by The French Literary Translators Association (ATLF) and the collective En Chair et en Os (In Flesh and Bone: For Human Translation).

The Bookseller

A. Rivera Oct 30, 2023

And this is yet another reason why my #boycott against the publishers and their imprints suing Internet Archive continues.

The Statement:

>https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2023/03/in-some-books-i-am-not-reading-at-least.html

#NotAPennyNotAReview #ItinerantLibrarian

#BoycottHachette #BoycottRandomHousePenguin #BoycottHarperCollins #BoycottJohnWileyAndSons

In some books I am not reading (at least for a while): a boycott. Long live Internet Archive

" Boycott (verb): to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express di...

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 26, 2023

#HachetteVsInternetArchive

Good idea: 😀

#BoycottHachette #BoycottHarperCollins
#BoycottJohnWiley #PenguinRandomHouse
#BoycottBertelsmann*

However, to push back legally is of the essence.

Here're my 2 cents on this, maybe conditions could even be improved in the #US + countries w/ jurisprudence based on #English #CommonLaw + #LegalPrecedent:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110085830108729007

*In 2020, the German publisher Bertelsmann became sole owner
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House

Penguin Random House - Wikipedia