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Originally Posted by WillAdams
File Sharing (of copyright materials w/o permission) = providing someone else's work, to a person who isn't paying for it, w/o the possibility of recompense to the owner of the copyright
If a person wants to give away their own work, fine, but they shouldn't allow themselves to use technology to take that decision away from others.
William
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In the event that the author or their inheritors are living, I agree that it is theft of income and do not do it.
A book like "Gone with the Wind" (1936) written by Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) and still in publication, I also agree - theft of income.
But if there is a book that has not been published in the last 20-30 years. NO, I would now convict anyone of theft in those conditions.
I have had the misfortune of meeting a few (VERY few thankfully) that honestly believe that a person, no mater how old or young, shall go to hell for knowingly stealing
anything, even a paperclip. NO forgiveness - HELL.
If I'm wrong then I'm going to hell. It's too late now for me to return those little office thingies that went home in my pocket, pens, thumb tacks, etc.
So I STRONGLY disagree with you that it is
ALWAYS wrong.
You may say "So what, Im' still right".
To which I say "Naa, naa, na naaaa naaaaa, the books downloaded were so bad that I deleted them anyway".
And that was my earlier point. If you go looking for "out of print" ebooks on the web you will not offend B&N. It will make their books look better, typos and all.
Heck, if I were to "steal" an ebook it would be "
Under the Eagle" by Simon Scarrow. It is only available over seas. If I could buy it I would. But I will not download it for free.
That's just me. I'll condemn no one else.