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Originally Posted by Barcey
Not a smart move, better to deal with it via a standard take down notice and not make it personal. It's not likely to change general behavior other then making pirates more careful about protecting their identity. For the specific person he attacked he either convinced him to not share his books anymore or made a life long enemy that will go out of his way to harm him in the future. My guess is the later.
[shrug] I guess it made him feel better and gave himself a bunch of free publicity.
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I agree with this.
I'm also thinking that Goodkind opened himself up nicely for a slander lawsuit. If his only "proof" of piracy was the bragging of the other guy, then he has no hard facts to connect that any copies of the book floating in the ether as having come from that guy's computer and his public "shaming" of the guy could really backfire. Wouldn't be the first time that some guy has claimed to do things that they actually haven't done.
A letter from his legal firm would have been more appropriate.
I'm sure there are going to be people who are going to upload his books to the 'net just out of spite now, so while Goodkind might have gotten some initial satisfaction by venting, I think that he just ensured that any future books will go up as soon as the ARC is released.
