Prawa autorskie - ooops?

Kto był na głównej, wie do czego piję. Ale ja to ugryzę z drugiej strony.

Niedawno ściągnęłam sobie darmowy e-book Little Brother Cory'ego Doctorowa. We wstępie autor wyjaśnia, dlaczego posunął się do tego, by udostępnić go za friko.

I recently saw Neil Gaiman give a talk at which someone asked him how he felt about piracy of his books. He said, "Hands up in the audience if you discovered your favorite writer for free because someone loaned you a copy, or because someone gave it to you? Now, hands up if you found your favorite writer by walking into a store and plunking down cash." Overwhelmingly, the audience said that they'd discovered their favorite writers for free, on a loan or as a gift.

A dalej czytamy:

People who study the habits of musicbuyers have discovered something curious: the biggest pirates are also the biggest spenders.

i:

For me for pretty much every writer the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity (thanks to Tim O'Reilly for this great aphorism). Of all the people who failed to buy this book today, the majority did so because they never heard of it, not because someone gave them a free copy.

a na końcu:
By making my books available for free passalong, I make it easy for
people who love them to help other people love them.

No, to na tyle o prawach autorskich. A ja z niecierpliwością wyglądam Małego Brata w księgarniach. ;)