He is right. Not all things can be for free. Obviously the man put a lot
off effort in his book, and he should get paid (like all artists/musicians/inventors
etc) A woodcrafts man get paid for the sofa he builds, you can't take it
for free "cause he likes what he does". In that way things keep their value,
not money wise, but emotionally.
Berk
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>From: "superwolle70" <superwolle70@...>
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:09 -0000
>Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: Simmons drum book
>Reply-To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>A couple of months ago I asked Bob Henrit (the author) if he would mind
if
>I provide the book as a PDF link on my website for free. He preferred to
>sell it (for an unknown amount of money) although I expected the sales to
>be more than moderate. So I rejected this idea because I don't want to do
>any commercial things with my site. But Bob Henrit is the originator of
this
>book and I absolutely respect his decision: No PDF for free
>
>--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Nick Laquintano <spindrum@...> wrote:
>>
>> It would be great if one of the owners of this book could scan it and
>> make into a PDF file so we all could read it!!!
>>
>> Nick
>> San Francisco, CA
>>
>
>