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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Year Zero by Rob Reid is $1.99 at Amazon, Koboand B&N US.
I don't usually go for humor. I didn't care for Hitchhiker's Guide and have zero interest in Discworld, so take this rec with that grain of salt. |
I've read it, it was the first book I read pre-release. (I won a drawing Reid did for a copy.) It's a fun and funny story that takes quite a lot of digs at copyright maximalism without being preachy. At $1.99 it's well worth grabbing!
Edit: I should have noted it was released during a time when the RIAA was either still suing individuals for downloading music or had only stopped doing so recently. I'm not sure if copyright trolls¹ had shown up before he wrote it, but if not they weren't far in the future. Copyright maximalism was running amok.
¹ People/companies that use mass lawsuits against accused downloaders of copyrighted material to get people's names/addresses from ISPs during discovery. Then they threaten life-destroying lawsuits to get people to settle. If you're not familiar with this,
Prenda Law was one of the most notorious. Two of the principles ended up in jail, the third died before the wheels of justice got to him. One of the principles (Paul Hansmeier) is trying to
file more copyright lawsuits from prison. He got the longest sentence at fourteen years and has clearly learned nothing.