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Pirate Coelho

28 points by yannis 17y ago

yannis 17y ago
I was fascinated to discover that one of the most popular authors with over a 100 million sales is promoting 'piracy' on his blog! (See also what he had to say at http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-466.html http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-466.html)
michael_dorfman 17y ago
If he has this attitude, I'm surprised he doesn't follow the lead of the Luther Blissett/Wu Ming gang, and just make a Creative Commons release of the books part of the deal with the publisher. (cf http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/about_our_books.htm http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/about_our_books.htm)
- malditogeek 17y ago
  I love CC, but I think is more a matter of 'negotiation' between the writer and the publisher. Let me explain... There's an Argentinian journalist/writer, Hernan Casciari, who became popular after he won the Deutsche Welle Best Blog in 2005 [1]. It was a fictional blog about a 'fat woman' he was impersonting. The idea of the blog, was also sold to make theatre and a TV series. Casciari success was in part thanks to the Internet, and he always had this clear. The day a publisher came to his door inclusive. He came to an agreement with a spanish publisher [2] that allows him to publish the books for free in his blog the same day it's available in the store shelfs. For instance, recently he made available his last book [3]. I don't actually know if he's using CC or other special license for his work, but if the author has the will to share his work freely and make a business out of it, it's possible. [1][en] http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1783798,00.html http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1783798,00.html [2][es] http://randomhousemondadori.es/ http://randomhousemondadori.es/ [3][es] http://orsai.es/2009/09/el_pibe_que_arruinaba_las_fotos_1.php http://orsai.es/2009/09/el_pibe_que_arruinaba_las_fotos_1.ph...
  - pbhjpbhj 17y ago
    If you release it CC then by the afternoon a bookshop with a instant book printing system could be selling the book in competition to your publisher. This does probably hinge on what is meant in CC license (CC-BY-NC presumably would be applied) by "non-commercial". I know under copyright law giving away for free can still be commercial as it can harm commercial activity of licensees/owners; but I've read elsewhere that CC allows cost of production to be recouped and still allow the sale to be allowed as NC.

28 points by yannis 17y ago

I was fascinated to discover that one of the most popular authors with over a 100 million sales is promoting 'piracy' on his blog! (See also what he had to say at http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-466.html http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-466.html)

michael_dorfman 17y ago

If he has this attitude, I'm surprised he doesn't follow the lead of the Luther Blissett/Wu Ming gang, and just make a Creative Commons release of the books part of the deal with the publisher. (cf http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/about_our_books.htm http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/about_our_books.htm)

malditogeek 17y ago
I love CC, but I think is more a matter of 'negotiation' between the writer and the publisher. Let me explain... There's an Argentinian journalist/writer, Hernan Casciari, who became popular after he won the Deutsche Welle Best Blog in 2005 [1]. It was a fictional blog about a 'fat woman' he was impersonting. The idea of the blog, was also sold to make theatre and a TV series. Casciari success was in part thanks to the Internet, and he always had this clear. The day a publisher came to his door inclusive. He came to an agreement with a spanish publisher [2] that allows him to publish the books for free in his blog the same day it's available in the store shelfs. For instance, recently he made available his last book [3]. I don't actually know if he's using CC or other special license for his work, but if the author has the will to share his work freely and make a business out of it, it's possible. [1][en] http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1783798,00.html http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1783798,00.html [2][es] http://randomhousemondadori.es/ http://randomhousemondadori.es/ [3][es] http://orsai.es/2009/09/el_pibe_que_arruinaba_las_fotos_1.php http://orsai.es/2009/09/el_pibe_que_arruinaba_las_fotos_1.ph...
- pbhjpbhj 17y ago
  If you release it CC then by the afternoon a bookshop with a instant book printing system could be selling the book in competition to your publisher. This does probably hinge on what is meant in CC license (CC-BY-NC presumably would be applied) by "non-commercial". I know under copyright law giving away for free can still be commercial as it can harm commercial activity of licensees/owners; but I've read elsewhere that CC allows cost of production to be recouped and still allow the sale to be allowed as NC.