Re: digital ethics
Posted by
Edward Angel on
Apr 18, 2013; 7:42pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/digital-ethics-tp7582823p7582834.html
From an author's perspective:
1. By downloading a pirated copy, you lower the number of books a library will purchase which does cost the author.
2. Having a permanent copy has some value over a library book for many people.
Ed
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Ed Angel
Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
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On Apr 18, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Arlo Barnes wrote:
But it sounds like it is out of your price range, at least for now. The author (nor
the publisher) gets no money from you checking the book out of the library, so what are they losing from you pirating the book? Not that I am suggesting that is what you
should do - it is an individual decision, after all - but I always find it interesting what people consider their 'boundary' and why.
-Arlo James Barnes
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