Authors/Creators:

Let's pretend someone got a hold of a bootlegged, unlicensed ebook of one
of your books (or diagram collections). Assuming the item is available for
sale (but maybe not in this format), would it be acceptable to pay the
author directly for the copy, if that venue of communication were available?

For example - let's say Joe gets a hold of a PDF of Gjerde's book, and
decides to do the right thing. He can either (1) purchase the book through
an official market or venue, or (2) send Gjerde a payment directly for the
full amount.

In this instance, Gjerde is going to get the full purchase price of the
book, whereas otherwise he's going to get whatever he and his publisher
have agreed upon.

The whole argument of "supporting the authors" seems to lean in a
compelling way towards this scenario.

Thoughts?

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