Ebook Piracy

Ebook Piracy

I’ve heard of both of them…….but I’m on the same page as Cory…..

booktumbling:

libraryland:

steph:

jingc:

Nine years ago, Mr. [Harlan] Ellison sued Internet service providers for failing to stop a user from posting four of his stories to an online newsgroup. Since settling that suit, he has pursued more than 240 people who have posted his work to the Internet without permission. “If you put your hand in my pocket, you’ll drag back six inches of bloody stump,” he said.

Others view digital piracy as a way for new readers to discover writers. Cory Doctorow, a novelist whose young adult novel “Little Brother” spent seven weeks on the New York Times children’s chapter books best-seller list last year, offers free electronic versions of his books on the same day they are published in hardcover. He believes free versions, even unauthorized ones, entice new readers.

“I really feel like my problem isn’t piracy,” Mr. Doctorow said. “It’s obscurity.”

What a striking contrast. I know which one of them I’ve actually heard of.

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  I know which one of them I’d be willing to pay for.
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  I’ve heard of both of them…….but I’m on the same page as Cory….. booktumbling:
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  In Cory Doctorow’s inner heart he dreams of someday having even half the raw talent, and deep respect, that Harlan...
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