Comments on: Why We Pirate, and Why We Don’t http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Marilynn Byerly http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-1258547 Marilynn Byerly Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:51:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=81499#comment-1258547 The Internet is currently being swamped with fake sites teeming with malware and identity theft. An author group I belong to has found half a dozen new ones in the last week. And do be careful of sites whose prices seem astonishingly low. They are after your credit card info. A pile of new ones have appeared as well. I don't feel bad about the malware because karma is a bitch, but people who want to buy books shouldn't be targeted. The Internet is currently being swamped with fake sites teeming with malware and identity theft. An author group I belong to has found half a dozen new ones in the last week.

And do be careful of sites whose prices seem astonishingly low. They are after your credit card info. A pile of new ones have appeared as well.

I don’t feel bad about the malware because karma is a bitch, but people who want to buy books shouldn’t be targeted.

]]> By: Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-1258294 Juli Monroe Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:46:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=81499#comment-1258294 What still tempts me is content that's either not available in the US or is available, but at a considerable delay. I honestly haven't decided what I will do later this year when Sherlock Series 3 is released. The *right* thing to do is unplug from the fandom for 5-6 months while I wait for the DVDs to be released here (major cliffhanger at the end of last season that I don't want spoiled). But a part of me wishes I didn't have to do that, and I'm fervently hoping there will be a simultaneous or near-simultaneous release by the time the "problem" arises. Otherwise, I suppose I could save my "first strike" from the Copyright Alert System for a good cause. :) What still tempts me is content that’s either not available in the US or is available, but at a considerable delay. I honestly haven’t decided what I will do later this year when Sherlock Series 3 is released. The *right* thing to do is unplug from the fandom for 5-6 months while I wait for the DVDs to be released here (major cliffhanger at the end of last season that I don’t want spoiled). But a part of me wishes I didn’t have to do that, and I’m fervently hoping there will be a simultaneous or near-simultaneous release by the time the “problem” arises. Otherwise, I suppose I could save my “first strike” from the Copyright Alert System for a good cause. :)

]]> By: Frank Lowney http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-1258275 Frank Lowney Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:37:03 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=81499#comment-1258275 Another factor to consider is the growing potential for malware in eBooks that come from subterranean sources. The close kinship of ePub (IDPF) and KF8 (Amazon) with HTML, especially HTML5, suggests that exploits now common to the web might easily migrate to eBooks. Another factor to consider is the growing potential for malware in eBooks that come from subterranean sources. The close kinship of ePub (IDPF) and KF8 (Amazon) with HTML, especially HTML5, suggests that exploits now common to the web might easily migrate to eBooks.

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