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Ishkah OP wrote (edited )

I wrote cease and desist email, first you give me unasked for BS advice, and then you call me a liar, another amazing convo on raddle.me. If I tried to publish someone else's book with just paragraphs moves around, and adding my own commentary, without permission, I wouldn't be surprised if I got fined in court for it not being deemed fair use, I just don't much like risking that possibility is all.

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Ishkah OP wrote (edited )

I wrote that they sent me a "cease and desist email".

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Ishkah OP wrote (edited )

Alright fuck it, I'm editing it now to include a bijillion references which will likely take a month to finish working on part-time. If I get fined you have to tell me a place where we can meet so that I can travel to meet you and slap you with a dead fish that I'll find in a dumpster.

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Ishkah OP wrote (edited )

I'm not adding a tonne of commentary, that's the concern, that the copyright holder will say readers can pick up my book and have read their book without the content having been substantially transformed, so simply costing them the profit on their book.

I'm just presenting it in a slightly different way, with paragraphs moved around into the timeline of his life, with light commentary, some boring paragraphs missing and some other sources added.

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