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By: Thar she blows – piracy! « READINGPOWER

Thar she blows – piracy! « READINGPOWER — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:27:08 +0000

[...] piracy aided by google? http://jdwaggoner.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/ebook-piracy-aided-by-google/ http://booksprung.com/how-publishers-encourage-piracy encouraging piracy 2. 3 Keys to a Flipped Classroom post! http://bit.ly/3flips 3. Greg Mortenson [...]

By: Lazy Sunday | dan powell – fiction

Lazy Sunday | dan powell – fiction — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:17:29 +0000

[...] across the interweb. Check out @jmstro’s #fridayflash report for the full list of links. Booksprung posted a refreshingly honest picture about the issue of e-book piracy earlier this week. As an e-book owner frustrated by either the pricing or poor backlists of most [...]

By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 8, 2009

The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 8, 2009 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:31:53 +0000

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By: links for 2009-10-06 « Your Friendly Neighbourhood Librarian

links for 2009-10-06 « Your Friendly Neighbourhood Librarian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:06:39 +0000

[...] How publishers encourage piracy – BookSprung 1. By not releasing official digital copies of works online. 2. By crippling content so that it only works on one device, or only works if the reader is given permission by a retailer or publisher to open the file. 3. By creating substandard digital editions. 4. By thinking piracy is a solvable problem instead of a manageable one. (tags: 1x magister) [...]

By: The Daily Square – Breathe Lies Edition | Booksquare

The Daily Square – Breathe Lies Edition | Booksquare — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:30:45 +0000

[...] How publishers encourage piracyPrint this out. Tape it to your monitor. Review every time you head into a meeting about DRM or piracy or ebooks. Send copies to your boss and your boss’s boss. Thanks. [...]

By: Планета е-книг » Blog Archive » Пиратство при получении е-книг. С одной стороны&#

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:18:28 +0000

[...] Рационализаторы не станут пиратствовать, если их к этому не побуждать. Иллюстрация см. в посте ‘How Publishers Encourage Piracy’. [...]

By: Al

Al — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:04:47 +0000

I agree with the article to the extent that piracy will expand with the inability to not be able to purchase a legitimate copy at a fair price, but not that piracy is legitimate in any way. I started reading e-books when a friend gave me a legitimate free copy of “1632″ by Eric Flint. I would not have known of the pleasure of reading via e-books, or of Eric Flint, or of Baen Books had it not been for that fortuitous gift.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:04:47 +0000

By: francisturner

francisturner — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:50:21 +0000

You forgot 5. By charging more for a heap of DRM crippled electrons than for a pile of cellulose - as I wrote last week on my blog in more detail: http://www.di2.nu/200910/01.htm

By: Kindle, Piracy and eBooks « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books

Kindle, Piracy and eBooks « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:29:56 +0000

[...] These are people who would not pirate if they were not forced to. A good post which illustrates this mindset perfectly is ‘How Publishers Encourage Piracy’. [...]