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A Melbourne author’s work accessed 3000 times for free

by Nick Miller, The Age — July 17, 2022

The non-profit online library, the Internet Archive has more than 3 million unauthorised in-copyright ebooks available on their site and is not paying rights holders their dues, according to this story in The Age

For one Melbourne-based actor Ben McKenzie, he recently discovered that his popular audio drama series Night Terrace had been uploaded to the site and accessed 3000 times.

In dollar terms that equates to a month’s minimum-wage income for five creators. 

Read the full story from The Age here


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