From: Jerry Blanco <grblanco@...>
Date: 2007-03-24T05:48:45+09:00
Subject: Re: free pdf ebook

My 2 cents:
I bought Agile Web Development, even though I could have downloaded it
for free.
Dave put a lot of hours writting that book and he deserves to be paid
for it. (BTW, great job, Dave!) Pragmatic Bookshelf guys put a lot of
hours publishing it and they deserve to be paid for it too. BTW, no,
I'm not related to PB or Dave in any way.

This whole conversation sounds a bit unrealistic to me. Forget the
whole 'is it theft', 'the law says blahblah', etc.
You go to a cab stop, and say 'I want you to take me to the airport,
but don't feel it's fair for you to charge me'. See what happens.
You go to a cafe and say 'I'll have a coffee but since coffee grows
from the Earth, and we ALL humans are entitled to a part of it, I
won't pay you.' See what happens.
You go to Barnes and Noble and say 'I'll take this book, but since the
ideas contained thereof are not truly ownable by anybody, I won't pay
for it.' See what happens.

How is Dave's book different? Please people, let's forget the 'is it
legal', 'is it moral'... is it logical to rationalize downloading
books and not paying for them? (Please don't answer me. I know where I
stand, I know where you stand, and don't want to be bothered arguing
about this)

If you don't want to pay for your own copy, get it from your library!
You already paid for it through your taxes!

JB.


On 3/23/07, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/22/07, Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  OK guys, stop jumping down my throat for using the common term for something.
> >
> > Legally is it theft?  Maybe not, but commonly it is referred to as such.
> >
> > He did ask for something illicit, knowing full well it was illegal.
> > Why was the use of one word in a response diverting all focus from the
> > original intent of the post?
>
> C'mon Kyle, how do you read his intent out of the post, or that he
> knew full well that it was illegal.
>
> I for one gave, and give him the benefit of the doubt.  It' pretty
> clear that English is not his native language, and even if it is,
> there's nothing in the post where he said that he wanted it for free.
>
> Now if he'd started out saying that he couldn't find it on warez, that
> would be a horse of another color.
>
>
> --
> Rick DeNatale
>
> My blog on Ruby
> http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/
>
>


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