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Johonny

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 08:59 PM

Aug 2012

I figure anyone reading my book for free probably will help me out. Sharing and passing on your book to others generally is considered free advertising. Or at least it use to be or radio would have died along time ago.

On the other hand you aren't suppose to just allow your copyrighted material to pass around freely. Hence goofy disclaimers. It's like the fence at my work. You have to show the bare minimum that you are doing the obvious.

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Warning: this book is for your personal use only. You may NOT share it in any way. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 OP

Freedom of Thought is a scary thing to the Corporate Mindset Octafish Aug 2012 #1

Don'tcha just love that the books were Orwells?? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #36

Absolutely. Points to how the Corporate Mindset so hates public education. Octafish Aug 2012 #39

Does tha tmean I can't read passages if you hand it to me? rustydog Aug 2012 #2

The warning says: cannot share, in any way. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #9

Stallman... Ron Obvious Aug 2012 #3

Wow...that IS prescient! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #5

The man is a straight-up visionary. When he goes over the top... Zalatix Aug 2012 #8

Ha....his essays are available for download, I see. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #11

Holy crap Hayabusa Aug 2012 #18

The e-book warning sharp_stick Aug 2012 #4

Yes, that is the correct answer. Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #15

Exactly. DavidDvorkin Aug 2012 #19

it sucks antiquie Aug 2012 #6

If the ebook is in Amazon's cloud BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #7

we will visit you in jail after that guy on the bus reads over your shoulder DonRedwood Aug 2012 #10

K&R bobthedrummer Aug 2012 #12

Modern Consumerist Capitalism is based on creating artificial scarcity. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #13

A hundred years ago the publishing companies did try to restrict reselling books. bigmonkey Aug 2012 #34

Fair use still applies nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #14

I don't like being told what I can/can't do with things I purchase. Alduin Aug 2012 #16

"E-book warning to not share a book" -- is that true? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #17

Yes..go here: dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #21

thanks HiPointDem Aug 2012 #23

this is very interesting & disturbing HiPointDem Aug 2012 #25

Holy fuck! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #43

And Your E-Book Is Reading You jsr Aug 2012 #20

Wow..that article certainly has some implications for dumbing down readers. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #22

Ebook readers dial home every chance they get jsr Aug 2012 #27

Calibre will strip the DRM???? Yippeeee!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #28

Calibre will do it with "help." Help from Apprentice Alf. You do have the google? n/t retread Aug 2012 #31

I haz the Linux, tho... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #33

You have Calibre. You have a Nook. You have Google. Now find Apprentice Alf! retread Aug 2012 #42

.. frylock Aug 2012 #35

Funny enough, I have something to add as a video game player Hydra Aug 2012 #24

I read an article talking about this when home computers were just coming on to the scene, HiPointDem Aug 2012 #26

I think we should reciprocate in some way Duer 157099 Aug 2012 #29

At that point, it was actually a vestige of the pre-personal computer software business. cemaphonic Aug 2012 #46

what i read was definitely not about institutions, though. it was about a general business HiPointDem Aug 2012 #48

More artists are putting their stuff on the Web for "free" dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #30

I've heard about it, but wasn't sure how successful they were Hydra Aug 2012 #32

Technology and commerce are on both sides of a brick wall. randome Aug 2012 #37

I respect the publishers wishes... hunter Aug 2012 #38

This is a major reason that everything is getting digitalized MadHound Aug 2012 #40

So, owning a hardbound will be a revolutionary act dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #41

Fahrenheit 451. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #44

I've taught many classes in writing for publication, starting in about 1976. MineralMan Aug 2012 #45

+1 Johonny Aug 2012 #47