> But seriously, is it a problem for writers who do expect to be paid for their work, a totally reasonable expectation, if writers who don't allow their work to be disseminated for free?
Who doesn't expect to be paid?
> So, if the writers on this thing are mostly here voluntarily and have the rights to permit it, is it a problem for the ones who don't?
That doesn't seem to be the case. This is from the site:
http://ebookcollective.tumblr.com/post/31062648947/deconstructing-verso-a-brief-word-on-the
The intention of this brief, deferred exposé is to disclose the hypocrisy surrounding the much-ballyhooed “radical publisher” known as Verso Books, whose material has made up a substantial portion of the ebookcollective library, in order to make readers aware of its abysmal record so far as acting as radicals goes and nefarious acts against free distributors.
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Take pleasure in freely downloading Verso texts and absolute comfort in knowing how you are sticking it to arguably the most notorious bourgeois, pseudo-leftist publishing outfit “in the English-speaking world.”