7-F-N said:
So the digital version of these books has only been out for a few days, and already certain people are ripping it and sending copies of it to each other?! Way to go!
Did it not occur to anyone here that the author might VERY well hang out here sometimes.......? Instead of copying it why not support his work by PAYING for a copy? There's a ton of hard work that has gone into these books, the least we can do here is to support work like this - as we support certain projects here - not copy it as if we were entitled to it. Not like this is a preservation project or something...!
Not cool...
You make it sound like people are taking candy from babies. Everything in context my friend. What's not cool is trying to take advantage of the loyalty and faith of the fan base by releasing these "enhanced editions". I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that they didn't have this content ready in time for an attached DVD inside each book, which can easily be argued against. However what you can't deny is the lack of allowing fans who bought the physical copies the opportunity to, at the very least, purchase the additional content digitally for a reasonable fee.
Legally it might be wrong but morally I have no qualms with this at all because what they did was not right in the purest version of the term.