Correct. Imagine if they do the same thing with food? Just because thieving is wrong, we can't starve since the government is not addressing our rightful need to eat like anyone else! After all, we are not passing it on to a multitude of persons who can otherwise walk up to a store and pay for his or her copy? We are distributing to those who actually cannot read. May be we just need to be politically correct and distribute it off the list. Come on folks, be smart!! Why this discussion. We do things only if our understanding of ethics says it is right! And in this instance I don't think our conscience is going to hurt terribly just because a few folks who otherwise would not have appreciated Tharur are reading his work now!!
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of akhilesh Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] New Book: Shadows Across the Playing Field 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 >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n >> > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n > -- === Visit my blog at: freestuff4indians.blogspot.com Skype ID: akhil.akhil29 === To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
