From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-02-03T13:03:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Strange posting about ebooks

Mubin Aktan wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> It's me, "the Witch".
> 
> I was shocked when I saw the messages posted upon my "illegal" mails. I
> didn't think that people could take account them so seriously.
> 
> Those mails had no virii and I sent them just for "helping" people.
> That's all.
> Was this right? I thought it was.
> 
> Of course, I knew that it was an illegal action, I am not so stupid.
> And I also knew that Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt and the others would be
> angry.
> 
> But the point which I missed was this: I thought that my illegal
> attachments could hurt the authors or publishers just as much as "a
> fly's bite", not more.
> 
> I see, however, that I was wrong. My activities made them hurt much
> more than I thought. I gave Andy Hunt "a promise" that I will never
> repeat this actions again,
> "the promise" is important for me.

Well, it was an inappropriate action and illegal. Of course,
<sarcasm>none of the rest of us have ever pirated books
or software or MP3s.</sarcasm>

The fact is, most of those were probably available already in "bootleg"
form for anyone who searched hard enough (I know TRW was). Your primary
crime was to make it a lot easier to find them.

What is more, you were rude. You sent the pirated works to the authors
themselves and to their personal friends, in addition to possibly
hurting sales.

However, speaking only for myself: Apology accepted, let's forget it.


Hal