From an author's perspective: 1. By downloading a pirated copy, you lower the number of books a library will purchase which does cost the author. 2. Having a permanent copy has some value over a library book for many people.
Ed __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) an...@cs.unm.edu 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel On Apr 18, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Arlo Barnes wrote: > But it sounds like it is out of your price range, at least for now. The > author (nor the publisher) gets no money from you checking the book out of > the library, so what are they losing from you pirating the book? Not that I > am suggesting that is what you should do - it is an individual decision, > after all - but I always find it interesting what people consider their > 'boundary' and why. > -Arlo James Barnes > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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