EXACTLY MY POINT! On 8/26/08, Paula and James Muysenberg <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Too bad this author didn't do a little research, before sending out such > a nasty e-mail. > > Paula > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: solsticesinger > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:01 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] email from an author of a book I scanned > > > 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 > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3389 (20080826) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > -- 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.