Re: [Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

2013-11-15 Thread Anne LaVin
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Rob Hudson caveat...@gmail.com wrote: This is where I get a little confused over concepts. Let's say you wrote a book with diagrams for 50 models, and retained the ownership of the designs. Could you then sell the diagrams for the 50 models to someone outside

Re: [Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

2013-11-14 Thread Rob Hudson
Let's not be naive in the first place and think that someone who obtain a bootlegged copy really intends to pay the author or anybody for that matter! It happens, maybe not all the time, but aside from someone growing a conscience or coming to understand things, I can see a few cases where

Re: [Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

2013-11-13 Thread Tavin
Am 13.11.2013 01:36, schrieb Rob Hudson: [...] 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. [...]

Re: [Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

2013-11-13 Thread Rob Hudson
Robert Lang writes: I'd say that if you as author made an agreement with your publisher that you would sell your book and divvy the funds in the ways spelled out in your contract, and then you went and sold it some other way, that's not very ethical. YEMV. This is where I get a little confused

[Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

2013-11-12 Thread Rob Hudson
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