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Originally Posted by stonetools
Every analyst thinks of this as a disaster for publishers and authors, who will just make less in the new regime. All this airy talk of "new business models" , "best practices", etc. are just gauzy attempts to disguise the fact that publishers and authors are gonna lose out. I think its better if folks who are happy about the DOJ action just own that upfront, and then go on from there.
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I'm not sure it makes sense to lump publishers and authors together there.
Breaking up the way the industry works is almost certainly bad for publishers, that doesn't mean it will be bad going forwards for authors.