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Originally Posted by Geralt
I think this guy would never be so popular if not for piracy. I dont like his books but he has the right idea about piracy.
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/2...rate-my-books/
"Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!"
"‘Pirating’ can act as an introduction to an artist’s work. If you like his or her idea, then you will want to have it in your house; a good idea doesn’t need protection.
The rest is either greed or ignorance" |
If he wants to give his work away, that is of course his choice, which he, as the rights-holder is free to make (and it's not "piracy" if it's done with the right-holder's permission, as would appear to be the case here). But - with the greatest respect - you cannot take that choice away from the rights-holder. That's what copyright is all about - it's literally "the right to control who can copy it". Nobody's suggesting that an author doesn't have the right to give his work away if he wishes to do so. The problem occurs when it's done without the author's consent.