Re: The Seven Types Of Pirate

> Brenna in particular has already agreed that personal use is not  
> piracy nor infringement [in the US anyway]. That being so I am not  
> clear what you are promoting.

Barry is feeling attacked. And I can't say that it's totally  
unwarranted. It's a pretty awful way to welcome a newish member who  
happens to disagree with the prevailing opinion here, even though  
there are other long term members here who are of nearly the same  
opinion. He stepped into the longest, hardest fought discussion we  
have: what is the exact nature of piracy/infringement and what should  
we/the law do about it? I suspect he didn't know what a wasp's nest he  
was getting into. And it took Chris and I rather longer than usual to  
jump into the fray, perhaps because we've been through this SO many  
times, and are tired of arguing the same old things when no one move  
an iota on either side. The law itself is evolving on ebooks. There is  
SO much that is not settled.

As Barry's arguments were well thought out, even if not everyone  
agrees, and I'd rather not see him leave in a huff, but if he wants  
to, we can hardly stop him. I, for one, think we are better off in  
having well-spoken, able-to-think readers here in addition to  
publishers and authors. YMMV.

dej

ps- this must be the MOST posts I've made on EBC in years... probably  
since the last time we had this discussion.

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