Sure, if you believe BARD. Unfortunately, they're borrowing talking points from the recording industry. And those talking points have been debunked 6 ways from Sunday.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ford Blackwell Sent: April 18, 2010 11:42 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing Actually, the consequences of wide spread piracy from outlets like Bard will be the elimination of the service. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Homuth" <[email protected]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:36 AM Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing > Apple tried to do the exact same thing with their iTunes. They tried > limitting exactly what type of player you could put their music etc on > in the same way BARD is. The reasons that didn't work are the exact > same reasons BARD shouldn't be doing that either. If you get your > hands on something, whether you have legal access to do so or not, > you're going to want to do whatever you want with that something. > Either put it on a CD, or copy it to something smaller than your > Victor Reader, or any number of things. And if someone wants to burn > that book to a CD, or do something else with it that BARD has decided > they're not allowed to, even though they have legal access to it, > people are just going to find less legal means to do so. > Rather than prop up and defend an out of date business model, people > should be pushing companies like BARD to get caught up with the rest > of the world and actually give people a choice as to what to do with > their acquisitions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ford Blackwell > Sent: April 18, 2010 11:28 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing > > But with Bard, you're not permitted to share and you have to qualify > for their service by being blind and having a player that they authroize. > There > is a specific exception in the copyright law for Bard and Bookshare > type services. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mitchell" <[email protected]> > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:17 AM > Subject: RE: It's Still Stealing > > >> I'm with you man, if it is steeling then why is it all rite to use >> bard with the book players, because you are downloading the books. >> Then you are not giving them back. Not a problem as far as I am >> concerned. >> Mitchell >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of DJ DOCTOR P >> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:09 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: It's Still Stealing >> >> Ok, so you say, "it's still stealing." >> Then you tell me, why are there still some websites that lets you >> download music and audio books without having to pay anything for it? >> Yes these sites still exist, and people are downloading music and >> audio books without having to pay a dime for it. >> Explain that one to me, if you can! >> John. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:49 AM >> Subject: It's Still Stealing >> >> >>> It's still stealing whether or not your boss gives you permission to >>> copy it. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> ** Message From: DJ DOCTOR P ** >>> >High Tom, >>> >I don't do it unless my boss gives me the green light to >>> do it. >>> >If he says yes, then I do it. >>> >But if he says no, then it doesn't happen. >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [email protected] >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [email protected] >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
