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Originally Posted by Halo
I agree.
Are these ebooks not freely redistributable? Am I committing copyright infringement if I download a book from MobileRead and later decide to give a copy of the ebook to a friend? Please clarify as I think this is more important that the torrent issue.
Why would it matter to you that other people might wish to hoard books? With electronic information there is no scarcity of goods as with physical books. If someone decides to collect a copy of every legally redistributable ebook what disservice does that do to you? Please elaborate on what the core issue is that you object to.
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Ad 1 These books , for sure, are free to be redistributed as you see fit as long as you do not charge any money for it.
Ad2 I am a hoarder myself, so that is not the point for me. My point is that a torrent would only make sense if there would be (anonymous) packages.
We really should be able to optimize our system of distribution without having to put the books in packages and massmail them. Maybe we should move away from the forum interface and create a new GUI?
Why not make a Wikilike interface with books sorted by author with their respective online works, books by format and books by genre with clickable menus or is that too complicated? I would be willing to fill in a SQL mask and infos when uploading if that would simplify the access.