jasonsanford.bsky.social
Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
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Again, a simple email to winner explaining what happened and people would have likely understood.
Instead, the Hugo winners received silence. And it took a court case for all this info to be revealed. SMDH. 4/
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3) The Chengdu Worldcon evidently doesn't want damaged awards given out. They've twice sent replacement parts but there were problems, so third shipment inbound.
4) All McCarty and Chengdu Worldcon had to do was state all this and let the winners know and people likely would have been patient. 3/
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1) A judge ordered McCarty has until Sept. 22 to give Chris his award. McCarty claims the award is still damaged and he's waiting for a replacement part to be sent from the Chengdu Worldcon.
2) McCarty said 16 other Hugo Awards from 2023 are also damaged and yet to be delivered to winners.
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The silver lining in the Meta case is the judge, despite ruling for Meta, also said using copyrighted work without permission to train AI would be unlawful in “many circumstances."
This means a future lawsuit with better evidence and arguments by authors might win. 6/
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And another mixed ruling has been released, this time in the lawsuit against Meta. The Federal judge ruled that authors didn't prove their case that Meta violated their copyright. 5/ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Thanks. I'm really exciting to visit and attend the convention.
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And here's a new review of the Spanish edition: "Without a doubt, one of the best science fiction novels in recent years." 4/ www.nuevatribuna.es/articulo/cul...
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BTW, the Spanish release of Plague Birds is getting great reviews. "A standout work within the panorama of contemporary science fiction. Its blend of technology, mysticism, ethics, and human emotions creates a deeply satisfying reading experience." 3/ distopolis.com/resena-de-av...
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Glad my thread helped. It'll also be interesting to see what the appeals courts and Supreme Court do with the ruling.
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So again, a mixed ruling. But also one that is probably scaring every genAI company that thought they could simply pirate million of works without paying the authors. 4/
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The reason it's a big deal is every company that trained their genAI systems on books used pirated copies.
Anthropic pirated 7 million books. Being forced to pay up to $150,000 per work for infringement would be a powerful punishment for companies that don't pay authors for using their work. 3/
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However, the judge also ruled "Anthropic's copying and storage of more than 7 million pirated books in a 'central library' infringed the authors' copyrights and was not fair use." The judge ordered a trial to determine how much "Anthropic owes for the infringement."
That's a big deal. 2/
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As a follow-up on issues with Goodreads, five years ago I wrote about how lax security and moderation on the site allowed trolls to spoof people and harass authors. It doesn't appear that the issues I raised in this report were ever truly fixed. Just food for thought. www.patreon.com/posts/lax-se...
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I also have a story in the Celsius 232 anthology (thanks to @mangrii.bsky.social for sharing the cover). The story is the first Spanish translation of "The Eight-Thousanders," my Nebula Award finalist tale about a vampire killing tech bros on Mount Everest. 2/2
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That's why I don't like the word "hook". Your opening needs to compel reader w *something.* Whatever works for that story/character/voice/etc. "Call me Ishmael." 'The sky was the color of TV tuned to a dead channel.' 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a fortune' Etc.
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Many thanks!
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"Sanford has written a wonderfully paradoxical story: horrific yet sweet, subtle yet blunt, rageful yet loving, historical and — unfortunately — all too timely. I came away both disturbed and comforted, and I very much enjoyed it." — @jimchines.com, author of the Magic ex Libris series. 2/2
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Thanks!
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Thanks!
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Thanks!