Malone

Found this on a free ebook club website.

I'm not sure why the link says "Register," it doesn't require me to in order to download. If it tries to make you register, just reply and I'll try to find the direct link to the download site.

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Dan

Niiiiiiice pull, Malone.

I just grabbed Skeleton Crew and On Writing. I'll definitely throw $5 at that guy.

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By the way:

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Malone

Nice link, Dan. Haven't seen that site before. Thanks for sharing.

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rumpole40k

Thanks Dan!!

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Lawfire

I'm a bit naive, but is that legal?

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Malone

No.


Simply sharing links here however makes this site in no way liable, so it's a simple if you don't like it, don't click the link situation.

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LeeKav

I clicked the link, and it just kept redirecting me to the register screen. So I registered and then searched the site for On Writing. When I found it, it appeared to have nothing but information on the book and a link to Amazon to buy it.

Can anyone help me?

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LeeKav

I clicked the link, and it just kept redirecting me to the register screen. So I registered and then searched the site for On Writing. All I could find was information on it, and a link to Amazon to buy it.

Can anyone help?

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Non Serviam

That varies according to the law in your local country or state. For example, The Pirate Bay operates from Sweden on the grounds that what it does (i.e. host and distribute torrent files) is not illegal... in Sweden.

According to US law, probably not, but US law's about as relevant to me as the law of Patagonia.

But regardless of the legal position, there's a moral one. This is a site for writers. And writers need copyright in order to function. I personally deplore and disapprove of any means of copyright circumvention in the strongest possible terms. If a writer's material is shared on the web, that should only happen with his or her knowledge and permission.

I shall ask other site staff if they agree with me, and if we do achieve consensus on this, the links above will be deleted and the site rules adjusted to prevent such links being posted in future.

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Mike C

I'm in 100% agreement. Just because King's wealthy doesn't make it right to cheat him of royalties. If a book's good enough to own, it's good enough to pay for. If it's not, it's not worth downloading.

Ask yourself; if/when you get your book published, and sales aren't great, and your publisher drops you, how happy would you feel if you found everyone was circulating downloaded pirate copies instead?

We all expect our own copyright to be observed (as evidenced by all the 'How do I protect my work and stop people stealing it' threads, so we should treat other writers with equal respect.

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Dan

I already own both, and I wouldn't have downloaded them if I didn't. There are whole bunch of other books on there I'd like to grab, but I haven't paid for them in one form or another.

Anyone ever copy someone else's CD or grab their MP3s for your own use? Borrow a book or a DVD? Thought so. And what does the "moral" position say about libraries? The author gets nothing whatsoever for that.

I happen to agree with the stance that one should compensate the author in one way or another, but the "morality" argument is sticky as hell.

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Non Serviam

Lending books between friends, and selling second-hand books, is perfectly normal and in my opinion acceptable; that's distributing a book that's already been paid for. Distributing a potentially infinite number of free copies to the general public is another matter entirely.

Libraries do compensate the book's author.

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rcallaci

I edited the links out for obvious reasons. This site will take no part in copyright circumvention in any form.

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Dan

Again, I tend to agree with you more than disagree, but the argument isn't wholly logical.

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