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Who takes e-books for free, actually work for a living? | 10 | 45.45% | |
Who works for a living believe they deserve every penny of what they get? | 8 | 36.36% | |
Would you work for free if you won't be paid? | 9 | 40.91% | |
Should strangers dictate author's wages? | 13 | 59.09% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll |
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12-13-2007, 09:28 AM | #46 | |
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I think that might be a bit obvious and easy to molest. The way I thought it might be done is: a) produce your text b) select maybe a hundred candidate punctuations/words, throughtout the text, for random change (e.g. comma to semi-colon, one verb for another etc.) and supply a list of alternates c) a randomiser utility could apply the random change to each download d) log the 'signature' for that download against the purchaser's record e) record the signature/customer on a centralised cross-publisher database, which can record whatever infringements are noted - the seriousness of a purchaser's infringements can determine the resultant action. It seems strange to suggest 'mutilating' the text - but it need only be subtle. Comparing two seperate editions of any classic text would show plenty of such examples - so there is nothing sacrosanct about even those books. If someone tried to 'crack' it they'd have to find the candidates within the text, or make loads of changes to obliterate them. Either that or buy more copies to run a comparison :-) |
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12-13-2007, 10:11 AM | #47 | |
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That's why I wouldn't want to change a single character of text in a book, especially one selected at random. |
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12-13-2007, 10:23 AM | #48 | |
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"I agreed to the idea - but not willingly." Another might have: "I agreed to the idea; but not willingly." Who knows which was 'right' (even a first edition might have a misprint)? For anti-pirating purposes, the author could have selected '-' as a signature candidate with ';' as an alternate to be used at random (doesn't significantly alter the sense as far as I can see.) This would just be one of the hundred or so signature indicators throughout the text. |
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12-13-2007, 11:15 AM | #49 | ||||
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When it comes to giving away a copy of something, well... I do make copies of albums for family members, but only of albums that are completely out of print (by which I mean 'not available new in any format'). I want the artists and/or rights-holders to be compensated -- that's how I get more content that I want. I also re-purchase content in alternate form rather than convert (when available). My time is worth more than the extra cost. Your mileage may vary... Xenophon |
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12-13-2007, 11:21 AM | #50 |
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[QUOTE=stustaff;127037]Lending someone a tape/dvd or a tv program their friend missed!
Wrong?of course. does everyone do it? yes If you own the tape or DVD and you loan said tape/DVD to a friend to watch and you do not have a copy, you can do it legally. Now if you've downloaded the TV show and put it on tape/DVD, then you have broken the law and loaning it or not you are still wrong. |
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12-13-2007, 11:33 AM | #51 |
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No one is up to help me to solve my dilemma?
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12-13-2007, 11:45 AM | #52 |
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12-13-2007, 11:49 AM | #53 |
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Astra, I think you know my opinion. If you own the book you can darknet the e-book. I also know Steve completely disagrees. Why not post a direct poll explaining all in a separate thread and see what how the members here balance out?
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12-13-2007, 11:50 AM | #54 |
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12-13-2007, 12:50 PM | #55 | |
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12-13-2007, 01:09 PM | #56 |
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I think putting the purchaser's name in the text (and metadata, for anything other than plain text) would cause honest people to think twice about who they "loan" the file to, and nothing will stop the dishonest people anyway. But again, there's no challenge to cracking such a file, which I think is what the darknet runs on. People post and share content that's considered "challenging" in some way. You don't see a lot of Baen titles there. So I think this method would cut down on massive piracy as well. I don't think what's left is worth worrying about.
But that's just my opinion. astra, I'm with PenForHire on this one, but I can respect Steve's point of view, too. I wish there were a way to have a sharing site that would ask for at least a promise by the participants that they own works in paper before downloading. It makes sense to me that people ought to be able to share the work of scanning paper books with others who own the same paper book, particularly those that aren't yet available in ebook versions and especially those that are out of print. |
12-13-2007, 01:15 PM | #57 |
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In my case, Steve Jordan's solution is as illegal as dowloading from darknet.
Btw., I have started a poll |
12-13-2007, 01:20 PM | #58 |
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I won't pirate ebooks but I won't pay $15 for one either. Rather wait 6 months or so and buy the hard cover for half that price or less, I don't mind waiting.
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12-13-2007, 02:32 PM | #59 |
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Wait... did I miss something? If you buy the books, scanning them and OCR'ing them for yourself is covered by "fair use." Okay, it's a lot of pages, but still okay to do. Or did I misunderstand something here?
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12-13-2007, 03:11 PM | #60 |
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If astra lives in the UK, scanning a whole book would be illegal.
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