Thread: Book 'pirate' goes underground after being named by Terry Goodkind
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Old 07-12-2012, 04:24 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by Xanthe View Post
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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.
There's no basis for a libel (or slander) suit here because Goodkind is repeating what the pirate himself said. It doesn't matter whether the pirate was lying because - among other reasons - the pirate was the first person to spread the lie.

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A letter from his legal firm would have been more appropriate.
I don't think so; I think this has been pretty effective.
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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.
This would probably happen anyway.
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