10,000 authors signed a letter, including big literary names like James Patterson and Margaret Atwood.
Jane Friedman, a writer who has been in the publishing industry for 25 years, found that there was something very wrong with some books being sold on Amazon under her name.
Because the writing wasn't a total copy of her work, nor infringement or plagiarism, it was even tricky to report it to Amazon. "It's a really aggravating time for people because it's all gray area. There aren't any laws or legislation that would help protect you. It's kind of like every man, woman, and child for themselves," she said.
"The fiction that this is somehow free is, is really just that — it's a fiction. It is the product of people's creative labor," said Bender.
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