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Oct. 6th, 2007 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
axesladeTrying to write. Failing because I can't find the right music. I realized the redhead I saw the other day was Malorie, who I haven't chatted with in awhile. Awesomeness, right? Wrong. It's so hard to find music that fits that woman. *sigh*Well, I've got three more days to figure it out.
Also, from the genius that is Piers Anthony...
Last time I summarized the case of a reader who believed that free copies of things increase sales of the same things. I think the music and movie industries might disagree, and I think I do too. Stealing is stealing, regardless what other effects it may or may not have. Why buy what you can get free, if you have no ethical restraints? The book pirates are getting bolder. My fans report them to me, and I report them to the Random House legal department, which goes after them. One was so audacious that he demanded that the proprietors of copyrighted books being pirated fill out forms requesting that they be removed, otherwise complaints would be ignored. Imagine that: the thieves know they are stealing, and are generating red tape to make the owners try to get their property back. I think those thieves need to get some of their intimate flesh stolen, and then they can fill out forms petitioning that it be returned. Maybe there's a chamber in Hell for that.
Also, from the genius that is Piers Anthony...
Last time I summarized the case of a reader who believed that free copies of things increase sales of the same things. I think the music and movie industries might disagree, and I think I do too. Stealing is stealing, regardless what other effects it may or may not have. Why buy what you can get free, if you have no ethical restraints? The book pirates are getting bolder. My fans report them to me, and I report them to the Random House legal department, which goes after them. One was so audacious that he demanded that the proprietors of copyrighted books being pirated fill out forms requesting that they be removed, otherwise complaints would be ignored. Imagine that: the thieves know they are stealing, and are generating red tape to make the owners try to get their property back. I think those thieves need to get some of their intimate flesh stolen, and then they can fill out forms petitioning that it be returned. Maybe there's a chamber in Hell for that.
