Comments on: German Book Industry to Target ‘Thousands’ of File-Sharers

By: ConfusedMime

ConfusedMime — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:36:54 +0000

what a crok o shit. If anything filesharing makes books and information more widely available not destroy it just because they arnt racking in the millions they want

By: 1cooldude

1cooldude — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:58:23 +0000

The armies of file-sharers are as difficult to see as an iceberg; 10% on top and 90% below surface. Just make sure they don’t run into the majority.

By: Jens Guld

Jens Guld — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:28:56 +0000

If you are interested, the science fiction author Eric Flint has written/is writing some essays about how the science fiction/fantasy publishers Baen Books has created a profitable business model for the selling of unencrypted un-DRM’ed ebooks. His opinion of people like the above Germans would burn through a teak door.
You can see the essays here:
http://baens-universe.com/columns/Salvos_Against_Big_Brother

I have translated them into Danish here:
http://jensguld.pbwiki.com/

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:11:48 +0000

These people just don’t learn, sueing people does not make good customer relations

By: someone_new

someone_new — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:06:05 +0000

Dude, “Leipzig” is the name of the town, not of the man…

By: Aaron_Walkhouse

Aaron_Walkhouse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:39:14 +0000

Professional jurists tend to look dimly on anyone who threatens to clog up the courts “for years.”

This is just hype. They’ll test with one or two cases, if at all, and then maybe start listening to the customer.

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

People are still going to “write books”. A LOT of books that are sold in bookstores today that are new are not even worth using as toilet paper. People will post rough drafts of their works on websites update them periodically or we’ll see the rise of group creation of books. Maybe the book format has had its day even and will now disappear who knows. But the old days are GONE. Everyone the govts. the RIAA the MPAA the booksellers EVERYONE needs to recognize this and deal with it.