#TLDW:

#Piracy is a #Service Problem.

• Gabe Newell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmufgTp6EQ

Piracy will exist as long as #corporate #greed will exist.

• As long as media will be #overpriced, #delisted, #pulled from shelves or get #OutOfPrint, Piracy will be inevitable.

If it was my decision #Copyright and #patents would be contingent on the #media / #technology being produced and offered for sale.

• In fact I think every #claim for #losses should be tossed by any #judge whenever there was no #legal way to obtain a new copy of some content.

Espechally since we live in the #AgeOfAbundance and nowadays the cost for distributing even a #AAA #Game or #Movie is merely the cost of #Storage and #Bandwith, so at worst a whole Euro if we're talking #PayAsYouGo - #Akamai with no minimums to get stuff distributed.

• We'd be in the single digit cents if we use #P2P technology like #BitTorrent and #IPFS to keep stuff available.

Little Black Book of Decay (2018) is officially #OutOfPrint! But the journey doesn't end here, fellow lovers of decay. I'm excited to unveil the updated and expanded 2nd Edition of this #fineartphotography book!

15% off #preorder!

Elegant hardback, satin finish
New, larger format (21square)
More beautiful abandoned places: twice as many #photos
Learn the history and background, each photo has a caption for context

Pre-order here - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/shop/photography-books/little-black-book-of-decay/

The hardback edition of my 2019 book The Wild Heart of India is now #outofprint. If you like to read #naturewriting (with fine illustrations by Sartaj Ghuman) in a beautifully-produced volume, the last few copies are in #indiebookstores or here: https://ncf-store.zohocommerce.in/products/the-wild-heart-of-india/1638627000000380006 #books
#TheWildHeartOfIndia

@bookstodon In my quest for physical copies of several out of print books, I have had some success with BookFinder, Abe, Thrift Books, Bookshop, and Better World Books. Are there other services I should try?

I'm trying to expand my Stephen Graham Jones collection in particular, and it's daunting, esp. finding THE LONG TRIAL OF NOLAN DUGATTI in print. Ha. Maybe it's *my* long trial.

#Bookmail, Part 2

When I hear via Stephen Graham Jones that two of his books are going out of print (for a bit) I snatch them up. 'Cos there are some now OOP that are SUPER hard to find and quite expensive (unless you're persistent & also lucky enough to find them on Thriftbooks then grab them, like I did)

-THE LAST FINAL GIRL and ZOMBIE BAKE-OFF by Stephen Graham Jones (from Lazy Fascist Press & Eraserhead Press)

#books #horror #StephenGrahamJones #OutOfPrint @bookstodon @horrorbooks