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Originally Posted by ApK
So if the copyright holder, for whatever reason, has withdrawn his work from publication, then you no longer feel his rights need to be respected?
When Bruce Springsteen refuses to license a song at any price to a political party he disagrees with, that party should feel free to use the song anyway, and Bruce shouldn't sue if they do?
What's the rationale?
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I can only speak for myself. My rationale for something like that is:
The books I'm talking are long out of print books that can be found at used bookstores for a quarter. These are licensed books that have fallen out of print and will never be brought back. The e-books only exist because my friend likes to create them as a hobby. It is so penny-ante, I just don't see the harm.
Really, is anyone likely to take the time/effort to license an e-version of Alan Dean Foster's novelization of Pale Rider? And does anyone out there particularly care about a bootleg scan of the Dressed to Kill novelization?
I suppose in the end, whatever airy words I use, the honest truth is "I wanna read it" and I know that the rights-holders are unlikely to ever bother bringing the book back.
There's also the fun of seeing how good a job my friend does on a fan made scan of a book. I have sent him several of my old novelizations. It's neat to see such a nicely made e-book come back (nicer in many cases than e-books I've paid for).