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Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available [message #60048 is a reply to message #60047]

Fri, 25 April 2008 07:40

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Odd that we were talking about stealing books yesterday.
>
> This morning I learned that a French bookseller has
> purchased a single copy of my PDF book and is selling it
> on their web site (for about three times my price).

Wha....?

Forgive my naivetï¿½, but isn't that, um, illegal?

Have bureaucracies become so weighty that "temporary" theft (one presumes the French
authorities will eventually take action?) has become a regular business operating on margins?

Man.

> I am afraid I have had to discontinue selling the PDF
> version of the book until I figure out what to do about
> this. Selling an electronic copy of the book was an
> experiment that involved a great deal of financial
> exposure on my part. I was worried something like this
> might happen. (Although, frankly, I didn't expect it
> from a bookseller. Blame it on naivety, I guess.)

So, basically, unless you have an army of lawyers around the world to chase this stuff
down, you're screwed. Great.

Kurt Vonnegut was right - our brains are just waaaay too big for our own good.

paulv

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		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: David Fanning on Fri, 25 April 2008 12:32
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: R.G. Stockwell on Fri, 25 April 2008 11:43
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Jean H. on Fri, 25 April 2008 10:14
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Ryan. on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:47
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: David Fanning on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:41
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:40
		Re: IDL PDF Book No Longer Available By: Conor on Fri, 25 April 2008 07:35

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