I’ve been meaning to write a blog about how piracy could be a good thing for up and coming authors for a while now but Nicholas has beaten me to it. A really thoughtful and thought-provoking piece.
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I saw the other day a post about book piracy in Anastacia Moore’s blog. She was rightly fuming, because, while checking out her video trailers, she noticed that someone was advertising on You Tube a link to receive free copies of said books.
A few days before that, my friend N.N. Light had kindly emailed me to let me know that she had found her book, “Princess of the Light” on a similar website, and that she had seen my work there as well.
Then came the news that Australia’s Copyright Agency has welcomed a decision by the British High Court requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to websites hosting millions of pirated e-book titles. The decision means Britain’s five major ISPs – BT, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk and EE – will be asked to block seven offshore-hosted websites within 10 working days.
The sites – AvaxHome…
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Fantastic post. Thanks so much for sharing it. Really nice to see this perspective.
Thanks for the kind words, Carrie. I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
It made me feel much better about the issue, no doubt.
Thank you so much for sharing, Dylan! Apologies for stealing your thunder 😀
I think the phrase is unknowingly taking advantage of my procrastination. 🙂
Lol – think of it as great minds and all that 😀