Just send her posts to Trash... This is a recurring thing with her and not worth my time, so I created a filter just for her...
It's not the "defending copyrights" thing... it's the way she has of walking on your toes then slapping you in the face, all the time being self-righteous about it. Really, not worth spending the energy on! I welcome any and all opinions... as long as they are worded respectful and considerate manner... On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Zuzana Kraemerova <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Fran. > You wanna see the receipt from Amazon? > Why don't you go and investigate tons of warez sites if you're so concerned > about copyright? You have absolutely no idea what enormous amount of money > goes lost in this business. I am not a part of it. > And I fear you can't do much about it. The whole China is crowded with black > money. > > ___________________________ > Sartor...custom-made costumes > www.sartor.cz > > > > > > --- On Wed, 5/12/10, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Lavolta Press <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [h-cost] textile pattern of Charles de Blois pourpoint >> To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 9:35 PM >> >> >> On 5/12/2010 12:29 PM, Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: >> > Fran, I think you're a bit exaggerating. I have no >> problems buying the book if that's your concern. I just >> didn't know in which book the pattern is. None the less, >> it's in more books I guess (I heard in some Ospreys)...so >> hard to say who is the original author of the graphic. >> > It is more than probable that I soon go and buy the >> book. >> > I have many costume books at home and I have no >> trouble paying for quality, your books are in my library >> too. I don't know what's the big deal in copying one single >> page. I often want to see a couple of pages of the book >> before I decide to buy it. >> > Many students wouldn't be able to study if they hadn't >> milions of copies of books and excerpts etc. For example >> when you learn singing, you always get the sheet music >> copied. Only when you sing on a concert, you have to own the >> original sheet music. >> > >> >> It is not someone else's prerogative to give away a >> copyright holder's work without their permission on the >> grounds that it may sell something. And, if someone >> can't afford a book or excerpt, that does not mean they have >> a right to it. >> >> To cut short the usual circular defenses of the world's >> "right" to get for free the hard work and investments of >> authors, publishers, editors, graphic artists, illustrators, >> translators, and all others who want copyrighted work for >> free, I've taken to just emailing the author or publisher, >> explaining their work is being offered for free, asking if >> they gave permission and giving them the emails of the >> people involved. Which I just did. >> >> Fran >> Lavolta Press >> www.lavoltapress.com >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
