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I have to say, I'm all for it. If I understand it right, this person was a fan and/or was posting in fan sites about having uploaded the book, right? I think there is this culture that piracy is A-OK. It's cool, it's fun, it's free books. On another reading-related message board I'm on, I have seen people post, "send me a private message and I can get you X, Y, or Z book for free." When I have posted that I wish people wouldn't do this, I have been mocked for it. But when the AUTHOR comes out against it, people are going to think about it! It's going to make all the fans on that message board think twice about who is affected when we pirate books. If you are a fan, why hurt the person you are a fan of? And naming names is certainly more powerful than just saying, "hey guys, please don't do this, ok?"
My father used to have an office coffee service. When he had a client--such as a restaurant or a law firm--who didn't pay their coffee bill, he could sue them and it was costly, took a long time, and rarely resulted in any money in the end. So he started picketing his deadbeat clients. He would alert the local police that he was coming and then hire homeless people to carry signs ("Smith and Smith Law Firm Won't You Please Pay Your Coffee Bill?") in front of the office. He got paid within an hour every time he did this. Name and shame, in action! Before Facebook!
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