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Signatures | Total: 253

 

# NameComments
201 AnonymousYes, the FBI should, indeed, be investigating and shutting down pirate sites that deal with e-book sharing activities...
202 Tamra Westberry
203 Anonymous
204 Doreen PerrineAuthors are artists who deserve the same rights as any other. If our original works are pirated, our artistic integrity is compromised.
205 Catt
206 Ginny McBlain
207 ELAINE BREAULTE-Books need protecting since it is a hard thing to do and easy to mass produce and pirate and the author and publisher will never see a dime from it unfortunately. Hopefully all electronic book buyers will adhere to the rules since E-Books are cheaper than print for a reason. Good luck enforcing itand helping out everyone. thanks...
208 Michelle Chuey
209 Debra A. Soles
210 Anonymous
211 Anonymous
212 Lorie (Raine) McIntyreAlthough I write to have someone read, it's not easy & it's not free. Would those pirating our work think it fair if we just decided to appropriate part of their paychecks just because we could?
213 Betty @ Love of RomanceLet's make the copyright enforcement fair.
214 Anonymousthis is as bad as video/DVD piracy.
215 Liz Armstrong
216 Ashley Ludwig
217 Gwen Cope
218 P. Gordon
219 Anonymous
220 Kimberly Bea
221 Robin WorthingtonThe sale of used print books also results in lost revenue for authors, although the one benefit is that an author's work is read by someone who might not otherwise spend the money to purchase the book of an unknown. However, in the case of e-books, when royalties are all the author earns, there is a serious loss of revenue. Thanks.
222 Jacques Gerard
223 Robin Haseltine
224 Sandra K Brown
225 Juliet Burns
226 Candace MorehousePiracy of e-book files is no different from downloading music or movies from the Internet illegally.
227 Devair PruittYou can't walk into a bookstore and pick up a book and walk out without paying and not suffer the consequences. There should be a set standard for ebooks that will stop pirate sites from walking away with books without paying. No one has the right to steal, be it an ebook or someones lively hood which in alot of cases are one and the same.
228 christina
229 Lynda Lukow
230 Michelle Borst
231 Barbara Baines
232 Lynda Ferguson
233 K Einan
234 Laraine Anne Barker
235 Bob BoanWe pay taxes too. A lot of taxes. We want value for those taxes.
236 Vickie KennedyThis is a great idea. As a publisher of digital works, we need this!
237 Tara Manderino
238 Barbara Bockman
239 Anonymous
240 Anonymous
241 Donna Hatch
242 Brenda NicholsonI am an author and feel that we have to pursue this issue to protect our rights.
243 Paul McDermottI wish to assert my inalienable RIGHT to the Intellectual Property of MY ORIGINAL WORKS! I wish to support all other creative artists who feel themselves bypassed and/or ignored by the apparent LACK of action on the part of US authorities who are supposed to protect said rights!
244 Anonymous
245 Colin Watt
246 Anonymous
247 Misty Segraves
248 AnonymousAs a writer, my book has been pirated and distributed on file-sharing sites, and my royalties have dwindled to zero. How am I supposed to make a living?
249 Bryan Dumaspiracy in books should be held to the same statndards as movies music and software
250 melanie marshall

 

Signatures | Total: 253