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Originally Posted by Hitch
Bill:
Are you arguing that the authors of the works had no right to object to the altering of their books? Isn't that the free market, also? Or am I misunderstanding you?
Hitch
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It's not the free market.
Letting the market decide = seeing how many people use the app and letting it rise or fall by purchasing decisions. The current controversy is a group of people exerting social and political pressure to shame people who disagree with them and limit choice.
As for authorial rights, authors do not have the right to control readers' behavior so long as no distribution is taking place.
Books were sold unedited, and the app then applied filters the reader chose. This is absolutely acceptable for personal property. Distributing edits would break copyright law, but editing things for personal use does not.