Re: "Analog hole" legislation introduced

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:43:45 -0800, Winfield Hill wrote:

> John Larkin wrote...
>>
>> Hey Win, is it okay with you if everybody pirates AoE? Maybe
>> I should just have a minion scan it, and then I can give each
>> of my interns a PDF on a 50-cent CD, instead of buying each of
>> them a hardcopy. Does that sound like "fair use" to you?.
>
> There are already at least two full AoE scans floating around
> on the net. CUG is considering competing with these with our
> own free higher-quality searchable electronic copy for the 3rd
> edition. They already have several of their printed books also
> freely available online, and these have enjoyed better hardcopy
> sales than expected, which may (or may not) be due to the free
> online version.

Probably - it's a lot more comfortable to take a paper book to
bed than a computer. ;-)

And paging through a pdf can be a PITA, when with paper, you can
just flip to the page in question.

I'm not much one to talk, though: I borrowed a copy from the public
library, read it, loved it, and now know where to go look if I
need to use it for a reference. :-)

Thanks!
Rich

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