NYT's David Pogue (who has an
intrinsic fear of piracy)
encourages O'Reilly to adopt some antipiracy steps:
Quote:
I'm encouraging O'Reilly to adopt some antipiracy steps, like adding a footer at the bottom of each page that says, "This edition specially prepared for bgates@microsoft.com" (or whatever your e-mail address is). That might deter people from posting their copies online for all to download.
This is not, of course, quite what Kevin Kelly is proposing; I'm not offering the book for free. But at least I'm defusing the argument that says, "The only reason people are pirating your books is that you're not offering e-versions for legitimate sale."
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