If I decide to self-publish a book what happens to the copyright? Is there a way to prevent others from claiming copyrights for a book published autonomously? Are there OS licenses specifically tuned for books?

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No, not NC. People should be able to feed themselves for their work

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That is entirely up to the author who is creating the original work. They set the license and people can choose whether or not they want to work with the license. If i wanted to use someone else’s work for commercial purposes then i would just ignore any works released under a NC license. I’m not entitled to someone else’s work just because i need to eat

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Assholes choose not to copyleft. Assholes choose NC licensees too

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With a NC license, the author still can sell the work and make money. It’s just that other people can’t.

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Yes. And other people should be able to use other people’s work to make derivative works to feed themselves

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I think that’s best left up to the author. Sometimes someone might prefer that their art stay independent of capitalism. I think that is a respectable position.

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