Dear Dr. Nisha and others,
Well, I think comparison to Maoists and naxalists is misplaced, to say the
least.
Taking life is altogether another thing.
Mind you, Even nelson Mandela had the plans to blow off property before
being confined indefinitely, but he was against taking life needlessly.
I am of the opinion that life may be forfeited only to prevent future
wanton acts of destruction, and to avenge past horrific acts of
destruction.
Anyway, coming to the point, right to read, as being exercised by blind
community is light years away from wanton killings and even vandalism.
I think a book is not primarily written for earning a livelihood, not at
least in the present era.
Yes, it may be written for earning, but we are ready to pay if they
provide it accessible format.
If they don't see a business sense in making the book accessible, then
ideally speaking, they should not also be harmed by our petty acts of
distributing accessible books.
Or else, if they are harmed, then it is a good way of making them aware
that it makes business sense to provide accessible books.
E book industry, as a whole is, like music industry a decade ago, waking
up to possibility of piracy and consequently finding legal means of
distributing e books.
That should benefit us, I suppose.
Regards
Rajesh Asudani
Assistant General Manager (PPS),
Reserve Bank of India
Nagpur
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. nisha
singh
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AI] New Book: Shadows Across the Playing Field
dear Akhilesh,
do you think that what maoist and naxalites are doing is good? i know and
have seen the plight of the people crushed like anything for centuries but
this do not give anybody licence to kill. there are genuine ways always
available,
by circulating books this way you are hampering the earnings of any writer
who would have written his/her book burning thousands of hours and would
have done research on whole lot of topics. in a society where blind
persons
want equality and better treatment, do not do such things to make
yourselves
a a potential threat to otheres. the act is of persons of weak characters.
demand for the e books, and if you have the bucks purchase it. we live in
a
civil society.
akhilesh and prashant do write some book in your future, do all the labour
and give it to pirates. sounds good??
stand against piracy.
nisha
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:53 PM, akhilesh <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks allot sir!!!
The book is very nice but the comment that you've written on publisher
and writer is extremely good!!!
This is not the piracy, and we have the right to read.
This is the time when we must force our government to amend the
copyright act 1957!!!
Anyway, bookbole is a website designed for print disable people, and
if somebody is helping a large community to read something from which
they have denied for centuries, there is nothing wrong in it.
Sir you have got the award from president of the country for helping
one of the deprived community, and as far as I think, this is the
continuation of that same help.
Again I'd like to emphasise that book bole is a site solely made for
these sorts of purposes.
Thanks
Akhilesh.
On 10/8/09, nisha singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear prashant,
>
> scanning the book and distributing it freely is totally against the
> law.
if
> you would had twittered doctor shashi tharoor, he would have given all
> his award winning books and his hundreds of articles also published in
the
> national and international newspapers and magazines. but now you are
> out
of
> his good book. getting an award from president of the country gives
> some
> responsibility on your shouder. without informing him how could you do
this.
> i dont think you ever asked roli publishers or Mr. Tharoor for soft
> copy
who
> are the publisher or copy right holder of this book. you should have
> demanded the ebook or purchased it. you have right to read but not of
> piracy. i believe you understand what i am saying to you. i can not
> force
> you but can request you and others to not to distribute it this way.
Tharoor
> is one of the easily accessible minister in delhi. try and find one
> such
> agency who would distribute the soft copy only to the blind community.
>
> nisha
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Prashant Verma <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> This latest book is available on www.bookbole.com.
>> You will recall that it has been written by Shashi Tharur and
>> Shaharyar
>> Khan and was published recently. It discusses Indo-Pak cricketing
>> relations.
>> You can search for this book by title or else look for "Shadows Across
the
>> Playing Field" in the recently uploaded books.
>> Sorry authors and Mr. publisher you see
>> we have a right to read
>> all published material
>> at the same time
>> at no extra cost
>> and in a format accessible to us.
>>
>> I purchased this book online but alas! only hard copies were
>> available.
>>
>> Prashant
>>
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