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Originally Posted by andyh2000
Cory Doctorow (just to pick one example) has no problem with me giving copies of his ebooks to other people, and neither do his publishers. It's the authors/publishers who decide which aspects of copyright law they want to apply to their works.
Andrew
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CD has no problem with you doing it, but I bet his publisher would prefer that the ebooks weren't given away. His policy was smart back when ebooks barely existed. As ebooks represent a growing percentage of new book sales he's going to lose out significantly if he keeps on doing this - and yet, it would be massively embarrassing for him to discontinue the policy. He's a smart guy so he's probably cooking up something that will let him save face AND continue to make money from his fiction.