Actually the more common outcome is that some enterprising random makes a compilation of public domain content and markets it for like 25 cents. Competing to make it as available to me as possible.

Have a look at REH short stories on Google Books. This is super common.

Do I want someone to do that to your book? To make it as available and as cheap for me to read on the platform of my choice.

Yes.

Its just data, and culturally speaking, it already belongs to me. I own your book. People can compete to deliver it to me for the cheapest price. I welcome that.

I don't begrudge you going on tour, and selling author signed copies for whatever price you want. But likewise don't expect me to support a set a property norms that would deprive me of elements of the culture I live in.

Come on, now.

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jmye 2 days ago | parent [-]

> that some enterprising random makes a compilation of public domain content

My hypothetical book is not, at all, public domain. This is always a non-starter.

> But likewise don't expect me to support a set a property norms that would deprive me of elements of the culture I live in.

I could simply choose not to publish my book, and carry it around and let people read it in front of me. Apparently this is an insufferable “property norm” as you would be unable to consume my work at all, let alone for free and in the manner of your own choosing. What an absurd thing to believe in.

Do you similarly think your entitled to sleep on my couch, or eat my dinner, or do you only think you’re entitled to take what you want when it’s words rather than, say, oranges? Or do you just have a weirdly tenuous grasp of what culture is?

	▲	protocolture a day ago \| parent [-]
		>My hypothetical book is not, at all, public domain. This is always a non-starter. Right but in your weird strawman argument that assumes big scary amazon can reproduce it for free, it is effectively public domain. >I could simply choose not to publish my book, and carry it around and let people read it in front of me. Apparently this is an insufferable “property norm” as you would be unable to consume my work at all, let alone for free and in the manner of your own choosing. What an absurd thing to believe in. "I only want to contribute to human society if I can profit by it" as long as you can live knowing you are a sell out, I can live without reading your book, or using it to prop up my table. >Do you similarly think your entitled to sleep on my couch, or eat my dinner, or do you only think you’re entitled to take what you want when it’s words rather than, say, oranges? Or do you just have a weirdly tenuous grasp of what culture is? "Do you think you are entitled to <Scarce, physical thing> because you believe everyone is entitled to <non scarce, non physical thing intrinsic to human culture, able to be spread around the world to millions of people instantly>" No lmao.