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Books written by humans are getting their own certification (www.theverge.com)
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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How in the world do they propose to prove it?

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

They don't have to, but they can have it copyrighted and only hand it out to people they want to effectively sowing doubt in any book that lacks it.

This is a great tactic to drive Author's Guild membership.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"lead free Cheerios", I guess. You may be write.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I was just thinking "So they're going to force the authors to always write on a video feed like school children to 'prove' they aren't cheating? Uh huh..."

Maybe they should make a label assuring us the author isn't a bigot, hasn't committed any hate or sex crimes, and that they exclusively have "the right" opinions?