tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post666460547851604106..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Cost of Book Piracy - Lucy CoatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-12357293302930749862016-09-21T10:11:28.107+01:002016-09-21T10:11:28.107+01:00From looking at the website FAQs it seems Blasty r...From looking at the website FAQs it seems Blasty removes the Google search link that leads to an infringement but doesn't report or remove the link from the actual infringing websiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42649098762876415592016-09-20T12:01:57.378+01:002016-09-20T12:01:57.378+01:00Great article Lucy; I absolutely loathe piracy. It...Great article Lucy; I absolutely loathe piracy. It affects many of my friends and I've written on it myself: http://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/beware-of-pirates-how-to-avoid-bootleg-blu-rays-and-dvds. Good luck with Blasty!Brent Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315969937572547432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27864219377162522112016-09-19T20:59:53.754+01:002016-09-19T20:59:53.754+01:00I've heard people try to justify piracy on the...I've heard people try to justify piracy on the basis that "borrowing from the library is free too so what's the difference?" Well, the difference is that for every library loan the author gets 6p in PLR payment. For every pirate download the author gets...nothing.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694255848074064936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87539573023187528042016-09-19T16:51:58.383+01:002016-09-19T16:51:58.383+01:00Well said,Lucy! I've even - on a school visit ...Well said,Lucy! I've even - on a school visit - had a teacher explain she'd downloaded a "free" copy to read to her class. Teachers use so much downloaded material that I don't think she understood quite what her action really meant. With words failing me and another session immediately after, I didn't have time to explain! Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-54093808173158584302016-09-19T14:40:32.967+01:002016-09-19T14:40:32.967+01:00You might also point out that free music downloads...You might also point out that free music downloads are also bad! Unless the creator chooses to do it, of course. And there are some of those.<br /><br />Yes, my books have been been pirated too, though I suspect nowhere near as many times as yours. I've asked my publishers to sort it out for me too, but sometimes there isn't a contact address, so how can you?<br /><br />On one web site, not actually a pirate site, someone was cheekily asking where they could get a free download of my novel Wolfborn. Someone else pointed out that it was still in copyright, not sure if that had any effect.<br /><br />You know what's really annoying? When people tell you that it's great publicity for you to have your book pirated! How? And anyway, it should be your own decision to give away your work for publicity, not someone else's. <br /><br />You can be sure those people would not be impressed if someone walked into their homes and helped themselves to the furniture, telling them that they should be flattered!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com