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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Also, if the book is available for free at any time, should it not be available for free at all times?
"You sold the book at a price of zero, meaning you were GIVING THE BOOK AWAY, If someone else decided to share the book that you gave away, would it be right for the artist to stop them from sharing the book?"
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I sometimes think you're just a troll. Have you ever gone to a grocery store and had someone hand you a free sample? Did they let you walk away with 50 boxes of the products for free? No? Why would it be any less ethical for an author giving away free copies of a book to create some buzz to later start charging for it? For that matter, do you believe that if a publisher priced a book at $5.99 back in 2006, that they shouldn't be able to sell that same book at $8.99 because that's what they're currently pricing other print books?
What don't you understand about copyright? The copyright holder (or her agent) gets to decide how the copyrighted material gets distributed. If the author doesn't explicitly authorize free redistribution (like with the Baen CDs), they're reserving the right to say that you're not allowed to share it with others, unless it's encrypted with some DRM scheme that allows sharing from within the DRM (like Amazon & Nook ebook lending, or the 6 device limits of Amazon or Adobe, or unlocking Nook books with your name and credit card). Just because you got a free copy somehow doesn't terminate the copyright holder's rights.