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Originally Posted by crich70
I'm not saying that it's right or wrong. Just that once it's up on the web anywhere it's almost impossible to do away with. I don't recall if Baen had a link to the 5th imperium or not but if they did then someone had to have known they were there. And it's possible that the original poster did ask permission (to make sure there wouldn't be any problem) before posting them. And if so I'd think Baen probably did have some communication with the authors about it. Certainly Ms. Bujold exercised her right to ask her ebooks be removed from the cd files so she knew (at some point) of their existence.
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I think (and that's half interpreting what I can still find that Bujold said & the other half interpreting what I remember her saying) that her problem was with the web downloads, not the CD. She *may* have overlooked the 'copy & share' aspect of the CD but she most definitely didn't understand that they were also going to put it on the web-and that, I think, is what she most objected to.
5th Imperium was legal from Baen's viewpoint, the question was whether or not Baen made it clear to the authors they were allowing the CD's to be posted on the web. Without access to the actual negotiations I don't think we can determine whether they failed to make it clear or whether she simply changed her mind. I'm sure Baen would have bowed to her wishes either way simply to maintain as good a relationship as possible after a faux pas such as this.
Yes, I'm sure the poster asked permission-from Baen. Baen, not realizing that Bujold didn't want this, undoubtedly granted permission.