Sure seems like a vendetta, and has certainly poisoned the atmosphere on this topic for me--the more so when Sil_ distorts so much of what I've said. I won't deny the possibility that I was unclear in some of my earlier posts--I've been unclear before, and I'm sure I'll be unclear again, especially if I'm annoyed--but I don't really think that's the root of what's going on here.
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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
Honestly, I'm sure starrigger wouldn't agree with my stance that I have no qualms about downloading the pirate-ebook-scan edition of a book of books that I already own. Sometimes I have to spend a while proofing against my physical copy of the book. But it's better than buying price-fixed DRM-infected books.
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While I wouldn't actively encourage you to do that, I wouldn't get up in arms about it, either. You would probably call it "format-shifting" the book you own, and I wouldn't quarrel, at least not strongly. I'd be uncomfortable with the idea of actively supporting the pirated-book industry, but beyond that, I'd say there are more important things to worry about. Personally, I hope the day comes soon when the purchase of a paper book gets you an ebook as well.
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But if I consider that OK, criticizing an author for using a scan of his own books would be pretty ludicrous from me.
Anyway, I'm with starrigger on this. It's his book, and grabbing a pirate edition to save some time for an official release seems fine to me. It's just a shortcut. He still has to do the work (or pay someone else) to edit and release the final product, and he's the one that did the work to write it in the first place. It's his intellectual property, after all.
Especially because I consider the folks like him the good guys - folks with DRM free books on Smashwords and the like. I go out of my way to buy DRM free books whenever possible to support their writing (and their willingness not to hobble the consumer's rights with DRM).
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Thank you.