Jim Homme, what instrument or instruments do you play? I play trumpet and sing tenor and play piano. I hate piracy as well. On 8/26/08, Larry Lumpkin <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Someone needs to explain the Chafee Amendment to her. > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:01:41 -0500, solsticesinger wrote: > > > >>Hi, all. I received this message from Katharine Webber, the author of >>Triangle, which I recently submitted to the collection. She is apparently >>displeased that her book is in the collection. I tried to explain that >>bookshare is not illegal. Here is what she says: Scanning pages of a book >> that >>is copyright and therefore protected intellectual property, and then >>ndistributing those pages to other people through a website, is a >> violation of >>the copyright law. Very specifically, you are stealing income from me, >> the >>author of TRIANGLE and other novels. What you are doing is theft. Do you >> mind >>that? Would you steal a meal in a restaurant, would you steal services >> from >>your plumber? If you had no idea it was illegal, now you know. Surely you >> do >>know this? BOOKSHARE IS ILLEGAL THEFT OF PROPERTY. Do you want to keep >> doing >>it and to wait to be prosecuted? Who can heal, but one who has healed >> herself? >> Who can know, but one who has asked and sought? Who can lead, but one >> who >>has traveled the way? --ancient French proverb > -- Chela E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx WindowsLiveMessenger Only (PLEASE E-Mail ME BEFORE ADDING ME TO YOUR CONTACTS!): cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://www.1jtcdr.wordpress.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690550695 (PLEASE E-MAIL ME BEFORE I EITHER ADD OR REJECT YOUR FACEBOOK REQUESTS!) MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/chelarobles (AGAIN, PLEASE E-MAIL ME BEFORE YOUR REQUEST IS IETHER REJECTED OR ACCEPTED!) Skype: jazzytrumpet (E-Mail ME ABOUT ADDING YOU ONTO MY SKYPE CONTACTS BEFORE I GIVE A CONFIRMATION Of YES OR NO!) Mobile Phone: (925) 250-5955 (ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WORK WITH ME, OR WHO KNOW ME) To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.