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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I paid attention. But frankly, the only thing that really stands out in this thread is your odd little vendetta. 
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It's not a vendetta. I would just like an answer from him from the ethical point of view that he decided to sustain in the thread before I pointed out that his actions were not ethical.
Also I do think that his point of view is important because he is the only author on the thread. Initially he was saying that the problem with piracy is the downloaders, and that the actions of E-reads/Curtis will help with that because it will increase awareness and the people who don't realize that the book s are there against the wishes of the authors. After my questioning his ethics, he decided that this is the fault of the uploaders (the one who did the download is now a kindly fan). After I pointed out that they don't profit from this, piracy is the fault of the torrent sites. I'm not sure if he realizes that the torrent sites are just search engines.
Where the blame lies is important because authors are the ones who have to request the help from E-reads/Curtis. Do they even know who will get punished as a result?
He also brought up the point that the books that he gives for free are pirated as well. He doesn't think about the fact that as much as he considers that the scanner of his book wouldn't mind if he uses it, the people who got the promotion books might think that the author wouldn't mind if they are shared on a larger scale => torrents because the books are for free anyway, right?