From: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T04:42:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Cookbook

On 8/5/06, Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip all of Les's great comments]
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+1 for everything Les said.

Its obvious publishers like the Pragmatics and 37signals "get it", in
that they sell totally unrestricted PDF's.  O'Reilly PDFs can be found
easily if you really want to pirate, regardless of the controls they
have on their Safari program.

Trying to lock down pdfs or other electronic versions of books is
about as futile as game publishers trying to place SafeDisc or
similiar protections on their games.  All it does is frustrate legit
buyers, as the pirates crack each version within days, if not hours.

If O'Reilly had been offering a combo pack with an unrestricted PDF +
hard copy of the Cookbook, I would've bought it already instead of
hesitating due to the lack of a pdf.

- Rob
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