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Originally Posted by Trenien
If I hack your website and copy one of of your books in its ebook format, whoa lookee : you still have that file on your server!
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That does not change the fact that you have, in fact, taken a copy of information, or an
intellectual property, that does not belong to you, without permission. Theft of information without permission is still
theft.
Further, the simple fact that reproducing something is easier (and make no mistake, even if we're only talking about a few milliwatts of power, it's still expending resources to be copied)
doesn't mean it should automatically be free. That is a thief's argument.
At best, you can argue that you've sold a copy of the original... which makes you a
forger.
And sure, people can still give away their creations if they want. Cory D can do it, and it helps him, because he's already an established author, making a living, and giving away material for free helps spread his already-established name, making him more money. This logic does not work for those who are not already known, and therefore have not reached the critical mass of hundreds to thousands of fans and followers to spread the word of their existence. If all you needed was to give away some free stuff, we'd all be rich now.