[sdiy] OTA book on eBay

[cheater cheater]

Hi Tim!

Aren't we getting a bit nervous here? ;-)
I think you care more than Tom. Maybe it's that Tim-Tom personality
confusion in the way again. ;-)

Really, if everybody cared about copyrights that much, you wouldn't
know about Homer. not homer simpson, d'oh! :P

But then again, Tom might have had plans about that book too. I think
he owed his fans & customers to communicate stuff about his books. Why
he's not selling them anymore, when he'll start again, etc. Websites
are cheap. And I bet if he put that info on a website these things
would really happen much less.

And I'm sure people would start emailing him with cheers to start
selling books again 8)

Cheers,
D. 8)8)

On 10/13/05, Tim Parkhurst <tim.parkhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/05, Senso <senso at dds.nl> wrote:
> > >I find this whole issue pretty idiotic,
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >Many would gladly buy the book legally if it were available and not even
> > >entertain buying an unauthorised copy, yet the author neither makes the
> book
> > >available for sale from a third party, or sells it himself or even puts
> it
> > >in the public domain - all of which would take the market away from the
> copy
> > >guy.
>
> What?!? Are you actually saying that the 'copy guy' has a right to copy and
> sell someone else's work simply because the author doesn't want to release
> it? The copy guy is selling someone else's property! He does NOT have the
> right to market those goods, no matter what the author's reason for not
> releasing them! I don't see how you can possibly justify your position. It's
> like teaching our children "It's not right to steal...UNLESS it's something
> you really want and the person who owns it won't give it to you."
> > WTF, seems kind of a spoilt brat attitude to me, because even if there
> > >is a reason why the author can't undertake the sales himself surely he
> could
> > >licence it to some third party, no?
> > >
> > >Maybe I am missing something, I would be interested in hearing other
> > >opinions.
> > >
> > >FF
>
> Maybe the author is just too busy right now. Maybe he just wants to wait a
> while. Maybe he's burned out and doesn't know what he wants to do. MAYBE
> he's just tired of working really hard on something, just to see other
> people copy it and sell it for their own profit. IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT
> THAT NO ONE BUT THE AUTHOR HAS A RIGHT TO SELL THIS MATERIAL. Why do I have
> to keep explaining this?
> > Word!
> > No need for a second opinion IMHO.  ;-)
> >
> > Senso
> >
> > --
>
> Let's try to put the 'shoe on the other foot.' How would you feel if you saw
> someone else selling (and profiting from) something you had created?
> ESPECIALLY if you had copyrighted the work. Please don't tell me "I would
> wish them well and let them do whatever they want with my work" because we
> all know that's hogwash.
>
>
> Tim (really tired of this thread now) Servo
> --
> "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein