still-mad

S’okay Friday Raine posted about pirates. I am still angry about that (Well truly this has been piquing my ire for some time). How does someone think it’s okay to steal from someone else? No matter what they say as why it’s okay, why it’s not wrong, IT IS. It is stealing plain and simple. They are consuming a product they didn’t pay for and taking money away from the author, the editor and the publisher. I made the comment that, would they walk into a book store pull something from the shelf and just walk out. I would hope the answer is no, but it *IS* the same thing. They are taking something for free they have no right to.

Just because the access to something like that is easy–and unfortunately quick–doesn’t make it any more right. I *heart* my analogies so here ya go: Would you go into a grocery store pick up a six pack of soda or beer and just walk out? It’s easy. It’s not secured or tagged w/ a sensor. BooM! There ya go, you got something to drink. Would you walk into Macy’s a snap up a shirt and say, “y’know, I saw this on my friend and want one too. Thanks. Bye.”

No?

But why? It’s just there. you want it. Why wouldn’t you take the shirt? It’s *WRONG*, that’s why. You know it’s wrong. You know you’re not supposed to. If you can’t afford it, you wait til you can or do without. You are breaking the law when you steal and violate the store/policy just the same as when you bypass the copyright law. No two ways about it.

If you want to read a free book go to the library–they paid for the damn thing so you *can* read it for free.

Don’t get so bent outta shape. You’re building a fan base, they will buy your next book. No they won’t; they will just post another request and get it the same channels they did before. Worse yet, if the *like* you, they’ll get ALL you books and by doing so give that many more people access to your work. It’s not flattering. It’s not a good feeling. It’s thievery. grrrrr……………  :diebastard:

sorry… end rant…. but I REALLY needed to vent.

Would you like to rant about something? I am in a *mood* to commiserate!