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Prosecraft has infuriated authors by using their books without consent – but what does copyright law say?

  • Written by: Dilan Thampapillai, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney
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This week, US writer Benji Smith took down his controversial website, Prosecraft, roughly a day after a social media storm erupted, with authors – who had just begun to discover the site – furious about their work being used without their consent.

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