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Originally Posted by GlennD
I remember seeing this and wondering if perhaps her kind friend had downloaded a pirated copy. Ms. Kurtz probably doesn't need to know that, if so.  It just seems like a little karma to me, if authors can benefit from the piracy of their work (which is often justified because something isn't 'in print') to get an ebook edition published. |
In general, I tend to differentiate between a true pirate site (i.e. someone trying to profit from someone else's copyrighted material) and people who scanned in copies of their favorite books and shared them with other fans. Way back before ebook stores were common, there was quite the cooperative effort to scan and proof books. You had multiple iterations of people proofing and fixing errors in some of the more popular books, which lead to some pretty well proofed books. It was very much a labor of love for some involved, much like the PD efforts we see here and on PG.