Mastodawn

I'm one of 10,000 authors protesting the theft of our original content by tech companies! We can't let the UK government legalise book theft to benefit AI companies!
#dontstealthisbook
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Don't Steal This Book

10,000 authors publish an empty book to protest against the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

Don't Steal This Book

Teddy Tedaloo 1d ago

i'm on the list of authors who don't want our hard work to be stolen by them AI thieves! don't mess with the bear!
#dontstealthisbook
https://www.dontstealthisbook.com/home#authors

Don't Steal This Book

10,000 authors publish an empty book to protest against the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

Don't Steal This Book

IndieAuthors.Social News Mar 21

News Summary: US Book Output Tops 4 Million Driven by Self-Publishing; UK Retreats on AI Copyright Exception

How many books are published in a year? Is the number going up or down? How many copies are sold? We know these figures are, and have been for a long time, very controversial. Because there are so many books that do not count in these figures, especially self-published titles on places like Amazon that don't require an ISBN. Which makes calculations about the indie sector particularly tricky. Which is why the latest set of figures is so interesting. Hat tip to Jane Friedman for pointing me to this.
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#AIgeneratedcontent #bookpublishingstatistics #dataminingexception #DontStealThisBook #selfpublishinggrowth

US Book Output Tops 4 Million Driven by Self-Publishing

US book output reaches 4 million in 2025, driven by self-publishing growth. UK government abandons preferred AI copyright opt-out plan.

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Noticias La Insuperable Mar 20

El Nobel para la IA

La todopoderosa industria de la inteligencia artificial no perdona: seduce a los gobernantes para que terminen de una vez por todas con los derechos de autor. Por Alfonsina Madry para NLI En 2021, Kazuo Ishiguro dijo que el próximo Nobel de literatura podría ser para la IA. No fue así, pero tal vez suceda muy pronto. Sin ir más lejos, el gobierno británico tiene previsto propiciar el entrenamiento de IA con obras protegidas por derechos de autor pero sin intención de solicitar […]

https://noticiaslainsuperable.com.ar/2026/03/20/el-nobel-para-la-ia/

IndieAuthors.Social News Mar 14

News Summary: 10,000 Authors Publish Blank Book Protesting UK AI Copyright Legislation

Remember how I started the week by contrasting the Paris Book Festival, where threatened boycotts over AI flooding the market had forced Amazon to withdraw its sponsorship, with London Book Fair, hosted in the less radical home of the open letter?
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#authorrights #copyright #DataMining #DontStealThisBook #LondonBookFair