Tis reminds me of the time I bought some software from a Jewish software developer. On the label to the disk it said; "copying this software and passing it in to third parties will violate state, federal and international law. It will also upset God."
Whether you believe in an almighty or not, I thought that it was enough to bring a few people up short who might not have given it a second thought. On a more serious note, in these financially straitened times, I wonder if such sharing is happening more because people are using the excuse (and it is only and excuse) that if a bookie being offered in amazon at £60 plus when its cover price was probably only £20 originally, then it is unobtainable and copying is the only way they can access the material. Forget that the same book is often available second hand through physical shops at lower prices. I have been looking for a copy of Russian lacemaking by Bridget Cook and was offered a copy at £60 with the words; that's what it is worth because that's what it's being offered for on amazon. No, it wasn't worth that because a week later in a good secondhand book store I found a copy for £25. However, I didn't buy that one either because I had found a copy in a jumble sale for £5. I told them it was very low priced and the charity accepted £10 for it .. And I had to insist because they were happy with the £5 which they thought was rather over priced. The problem with 50/50 sales is that you have to think about what the buyer will pay rather than what you want for the item. If people will only pay £25 then you have to accept £12.50 or don't offer it for sale. In the end the question has to be do you actually want to sell the item or make money. We bought a cabinet for £180 and after 4 years wanted rid of it. Put it on ebay with a reserve of £40. No bids. A guy offered us £30. We accepted because it would cost us £20 to get the council to pick up and none of the charities we approached wanted it. I'd love to give my lace magazines to a charity shop but the local ones don't want them (no market) however if I give my magazine to a fellow lacemaker I break the spirit of copyright if not the law. Morals eh. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 27 May 2013, at 13:35, "Lyn Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: > <<Snipped>> > > As for magazines, I am reminded of the little paragraph on the back of J.R.R. > Tolkein's original paperback books published in the US. It had to do with > copyright, and pointed out that I think Ballentine was the only authorized > publisher, and those with any consideration for integrity would only buy from > the authorized publisher. Squarely on the bottom of the back cover where it > would be hard to miss. Adding something like that to the cover of a magazine > or similar publication might, I say might, help deter practices that eat into > the already slim pockets of the publishers and designers. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
