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Originally Posted by rkomar
Thanks @abookreader. As a long-time Slashdot devotee, I have become accustomed to not reading the linked articles.  I'll admit now that the original artist is sleaze-free, and that there is a taint around HC. However, I'm still not convinced that HC acted illegally. |
I really don't know enough about the legality of it either to have an opinion.
I think the eBook Community would do a collective jaw drop of immense proportion though if Agency Pricing Stalwart Haper Collins tried some sort of defense along the lines of....
"Oh, we stole that picture because the author priced it much higher than we wanted to pay!"
It'd be classic though.