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As noted, a great deal of the blame for GR rests with the authors-but part of it also rests with the publishers' reluctance to change their 'standard' contracts. I doubt if consumers can apply enough pressure to the publishers to get them to change their contracts, but maybe we can influence the authors, and they can certainly get the publishers to change the contracts. (IMO the publishers would be more afraid of their sources of new books drying up, e.g. self-publishing, than of their customers disappearing. Mostly because the former has happened to some publishers, while I don't believe the latter ever has.)
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