[sdiy] OTA book on eBay

[Rainer Buchty]

>'Harvesting' is a meaningless word here. Gaining eyeballs means
>nothing.

As I'm not a native speaker: care to explain to me what eyeballs have to 
do with harvesting?

Unless you grow them like crop...

>Yes, but you're forgetting that piracy is one reason people retreat from 
>the market.

Which is not true in the current case, and also not true for Fiercefish.

But, of course, I see your point. And if you read my messages carefully, 
you will notice, that I was always talking about copying stuff which is 
not available on the market anymore.

>Music and books can't come with a nag screen attached. They're
>completely open to piracy. This has three effects:
>
>1. It diminshes the value of creative work. When so much of it appears
>   to be 'free', the psychological effect is to make it appear to
>   disposable.

Sadly enough, contemporary music played on radio stations *is* 
disposable, but that's another story.

Again: I'm not talking about pirating *actively marketed* work.

If I were an artist who completely retired from the market, i.e. my 
stuff is only available second-hand -- from trading which I don't see 
any royalties either -- or pirated, I would be more than excited and 
delighted to see that people still like my stuff so much.

And probably think about a re-relase, cause obviously there seems to be 
a market.

It's like bootlegging: take the Berlin 1987 Tangerine Dream concert for 
instance. About 15 years ago I got hold of a really flat n-th generation 
tape copy of that concert; despite its ultra lowfi-ness I really 
loved that tape and started looking for the "proper" 
release. 

None there. Even today. But meanwhile, some kind soul released a 
polished and digitally restored version of that very concert.

And now you tell me that by getting a copy of that version I am 
diminishing the value of the original work? Or that I prevent new work 
by doing so?

>3. It reinforces the naive idea that IP doesn't matter. In reality IP
>   is still *property*. The logical outcome of ignoring IP laws is to
>   assume that all property is held in common.

Working as an "IP generator" I ensure you, that I far too well know that 
IP *does* matter and how hard it is to come up with clever new stuff, 
how much time it takes and all.

>Legally and ethically, neither of these justify copying.

Now, then:  please guys, stop copying OS ROMs, schematics, and manuals
for old synthesizers, because it's not your IP, even though numerous
companies don't even exist anymore nor the remaining ones or the
existing rightholders have shown *any* interest to care about the repair
market.

You see the point?

Rainer