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Originally Posted by tompe
I do not think you understand the point. If you share something freely that is for me that you do not add condition on the sharing with the purpose to get something back. You do not feel that you have to get something back personally. What I see here is that people want to get something back.
That is the same attitude I see in forums when people get angry when they do not get karma or similar.
I just think it is two clashing viewpoints. I do thins and contribute them to make things better. I do not do it for personal gain (like receiving thanks and so on).
I have no problem with people doing things and having condition on it. But it is not sharing freely.
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I think quite honestly that you are the one not getting the point here.
1: There are legal issues with distributing these books via bittorrent, especially concerning copyright and the hosting places of the respective sharers. Really not good to even begin to think about this.
2: I wouldn't like to have to download tens or hundreds of books to get the one I want.
3: There is no personal gain or honor in it for us ebook assemblers. I wouldn't mind cooperating in an anonymous book portal (oh, in fact I DO cooperate in several) and do not feel less well because of it (maybe I like to share and give back).
4. I prefer a userfriendly book interface with facts about the author and book and description of genre.