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Originally Posted by crich70
The thing is that once something is on the net. It's there virtually forever. I can't guess how many 1000's of people every day downloaded the CD zips or iso files from the 5th Imperium before Ms. Bujold made her complaint. And it was up there for years and years. More than enough time for millions of copies of each to be made. The horse not only walked out before the barn door was closed but he probably set up additional stalls in other stables all over cyberspace.
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The problem I have with this is that it seems to condone those who continue to post her books for downloading. Maybe I'm misreading things. It's like saying that since you can't stop someone from stealing your car it's all right for them to do so. (Note: Analogies are slippery. If you disagree with the analogy that's fine.)