>From: Ralph Jones <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Origami] Ow's self-publications

>Does anyone have 
copies of these books and be willing to share them for a limited amount 
of time? I'll be glad to pay mailing costs.

 
I'm
 slightly perturbed by the implications of this. When you say "share", 
do you mean you intend to scan and return them? This seems close to one 
of the prime "justifications" for file sharing - "I can't find it for 
sale, so I'll just download it". Have you asked Francis what he feels 
about this? 

I have all of Francis' self publications and agree 
they are worthy of owning, but a better route would be to have the 
author's blessing and perhaps to do it in such a way that he received a 
modest income from it, such us through the OUSA e-diagram system or a 
limited edition print run (like the Fujimoto books Anne organised)? He 
is not a wealthy man and this would be a better mark of respect to a 
generous and talented creator...

On a related issue, would anyone be interested in sponsoring a domain name for 
this site? Reply in private...


Nick Robinson

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