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?