Re: [MLUG] Re: computer book piracy

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Vern Green wrote:

> I hate to admit it, but there have been times when I needed a certain 
> piece of information and I have downloaded a book online without paying. 
> I have a huge collection of books I have paid for though, does that make 
> it right? No.

The logic of it, according to the article, is that you probably would not 
have bought the entire book just for the one thing you were looking for, 
so downloading the book didn't alter the number of sales.  Does that make 
it "right?"  Define "right."  You could go into B&N or Borders, take the 
book from the shelf and read it for hours on end without paying a nickel. 
That would even add some wear and tear on the book which could 
hypothetically cost the author/publisher/bookseller.  Would that be right? 
Is it right to check a book out of the library?

When you download the book you have a chance to look it over and decide if 
it is a good book to own.  This might increase their sales, especially if 
they have a new edition and you have downloaded an older edition.  If you 
find that you are working a lot from a downloaded copy, maybe you should 
buy the book just to be fair.

Mike


> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> 
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Mike Miller wrote:
> >
> >
> > > http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/04/when-authors-ask-us-about-the-consequences-of-piracy.html
> > >
> > > Maybe you'd like to help out!  Apparently it is possible to download 
> > > 1,100+ computer ebooks in one big torrent from The Pirate Bay ( 
> > > thepiratebay.org).
> >
> >
> > More specifically:
> >
> > http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3640317/Over_1100_General_Computer_Ebooks
> >
> > I think many of those are actually legal.

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