[bksvol-discuss] Re: email from an author of a book I scanned
- From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:38 -0700
Hi,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention - in the future it would be
great if you could send a copy of mails of this nature (and hopefully
there won't be too many more!) directly to my address:
pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx where it has a better chance of swift response (I do
read the lists but at a slower pace).
I will plan on responding to the author on behalf of Bookshare - her
contact information is on her webpage.
Thanks!
All good things,
Pavi
Pavi Mehta
Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
Phone: +1 650 644-3459
pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of solsticesinger
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:02 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] email from an author of a book I scanned
Hi, all.
I received this message from Katharine Webber, the author of Triangle,
which I recently submitted to the collection. She is apparently
displeased that her book is in the collection.
I tried to explain that bookshare is not illegal. Here is what she says:
Scanning pages of a book that is copyright and
therefore protected intellectual property, and then
ndistributing those pages to other people through a
website, is a violation of the copyright law. Very
specifically, you are stealing income from me, the
author of TRIANGLE and other novels.
What you are doing is theft. Do you mind that? Would
you steal a meal in a restaurant, would you steal
services from your plumber? If you had no idea it was
illegal, now you know. Surely you do know this?
BOOKSHARE IS ILLEGAL THEFT OF PROPERTY. Do you want to
keep doing it and to wait to be prosecuted?
Who can heal, but one who has healed herself?
Who can know, but one who has asked and sought?
Who can lead, but one who has traveled the way?
--ancient French proverb
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