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nowthenmobile · 10-15-2010, 05:04 AM

Mange
If I may trespass into your psychoanalysis, I would like to suggest that many people do not even consider the breaching of copyright to be theft. I think that they are able to maintain this mindset because they would not be prepared to pay for a copy of a book and if they take a copy of a book, this has not stolen the original. It's like being able to steal sweets from a shop but without the sweet jar ever emptying. I, personally, was set this example by my father and mother. Right now they have a filing cabinet full of photocopied sheet music. There computer is full of pirated software. I was exactly the same. I was incredibly honest (possibly obsessively so) in every aspect of my life but I was helping myself to other people's intellectual property. I knew it was wrong but I had been so desensitised to it that I considered it to be a very very minor issue. It's like a friend of mine said: "I don't have a problem with pirating software - I know that I would buy it if I could afford it." Oh that's alright then. Isn't every thief exactly the same? It took me almost 40 years to wake up to the fact that actually I have absolutely no right to use other people's intellectual property unless they say I can and unless I use it how they say I can. I think that what helped me to understand was when my wife considered publishing some music. When you are the creative one, who owns the intellectual property, it all becomes very clear. I am ebarrassed that it needed me to have a selfish motive to be able to improve my integrity. Anyway that's enough confession for one day.

Bookworm_Girl
Those photos are fantastic. The Sony 350 does look like it has a stunning screen. There may even be something to be said for the 5" screen. I suspect that reading from it may be quite comfortable actually. The new e-Pearl screen appears to be a bit of a game-changer.
There is something about the K3 that is not clear to me: Can you surf all the internet or is it only Amazon and Wikipedia? It seems to be free to surf the internet with Wi-Fi but does it cost to surf the internet if you do it with 3G?

Thanks

10-15-2010, 05:04 AM	#112
nowthenmobile Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 50 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: United Kingdom Device: none	Mange If I may trespass into your psychoanalysis, I would like to suggest that many people do not even consider the breaching of copyright to be theft. I think that they are able to maintain this mindset because they would not be prepared to pay for a copy of a book and if they take a copy of a book, this has not stolen the original. It's like being able to steal sweets from a shop but without the sweet jar ever emptying. I, personally, was set this example by my father and mother. Right now they have a filing cabinet full of photocopied sheet music. There computer is full of pirated software. I was exactly the same. I was incredibly honest (possibly obsessively so) in every aspect of my life but I was helping myself to other people's intellectual property. I knew it was wrong but I had been so desensitised to it that I considered it to be a very very minor issue. It's like a friend of mine said: "I don't have a problem with pirating software - I know that I would buy it if I could afford it." Oh that's alright then. Isn't every thief exactly the same? It took me almost 40 years to wake up to the fact that actually I have absolutely no right to use other people's intellectual property unless they say I can and unless I use it how they say I can. I think that what helped me to understand was when my wife considered publishing some music. When you are the creative one, who owns the intellectual property, it all becomes very clear. I am ebarrassed that it needed me to have a selfish motive to be able to improve my integrity. Anyway that's enough confession for one day. Bookworm_Girl Those photos are fantastic. The Sony 350 does look like it has a stunning screen. There may even be something to be said for the 5" screen. I suspect that reading from it may be quite comfortable actually. The new e-Pearl screen appears to be a bit of a game-changer. There is something about the K3 that is not clear to me: Can you surf all the internet or is it only Amazon and Wikipedia? It seems to be free to surf the internet with Wi-Fi but does it cost to surf the internet if you do it with 3G? Thanks