Nonsense. The copyright is on the original books purchased and not
on any electronic copies that might be floating around. Once a single
book is purchased any electronic copies it generates are not covered
and cannot be covered. The book has value and that's what the
author makes money on. There will always be plenty enough
people willing to buy books to make it profitable for a publisher
to print them. It is unrealistic to think a copyright exists on anything
but the book itself. The only person who is violating the copyright
is the ONE individual who scans his book into electronic format AND
makes it available on the net. Any and all people who download the
available electronic book are doing nothing wrong. It is not illegal to
download files and never will be illegal to download files. Remember,
the file is NOT copyrighted and never will be copyrighted.


"katysails" wrote in message ...
Anybody who can figure out how to
share his book has every right to

There is a huge difference between sharing a purchased object and sharing copywritten material. Once the cake is shared it is
gone. Printed and recorded material are the extension of the author/artist, and yes, every time it is shared within the
timeframe established by the copyright laws there should be a moneytary gain for them. That's why there is a timeframe. Once
the timeframe has been reached then copy away to your hearts content...but not until then. You, sir, are a thief of the first
order.

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