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Originally Posted by calvin-c
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.)
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The problem I have with calvin-c's hyperventilating on this topic is that as far as I can see (although IANAL, but have a bit of background in Contract Law) Bujold had
no legal basis for her demand. Failure to get one's head around the
implications (that it would allow copies of copies, etc) of a contract's terms does not invalidate a contract (let alone the license granted by the contract counterparty), and even if it did, it would only do so after a legal determination (which AFAIK has not been forthcoming) on the issue.
Those sites that took down the Bujold CD did so
purely voluntarily, and in spite of Bujold's
rude and libelous attacks on them.
I'm a fan of Bujold's works, though not of her manners or ignorance of contract and copyright law.
Addendum: I had previously purchased all her works through to
A Civil Campaign in DT, and have purchased her two non-CD works (
Memory &
CVA) through Baen ebooks, so have no real compunction at keeping my CD copy for the rest (as I am doing so under a good faith belief that there exists a legitimate license permitting me to have this copy).
Further addendum: multiple sources confirm that a "[u]nilateral mistake does not offer sufficient grounds for recession or renegotiation" of a contract.