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Books written by humans are getting their own certification (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 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.