There is an increasing amount of disregard for the rights of
authors. I read somewhere that the average book takes from 500 to 2000 hours
from concept to finish, which is a considerable amount of time invested in a
project. Even some otherwise honest people seem to think books should be free
and you have no right charging for yours. Try driving away from a gas station
without paying for a fill-up and the wheels of justice will start to grind, but
stealing your books doesn’t seem to arouse the kind of ire it should. Yesterday
I checked one well-known pirate site and discovered five of my books being
offered for free. I sent them a letter of detest and they promised to take
action within 72 hours. This morning when I checked to see if they had complied
with my request, I found that they had added four more books of mine to their
site. The legal system is expensive, cumbersome, and unsympathetic to the
stealing of intellectual property. I wonder if you have checked pirate sites on
the Internet to see if they have stolen yours. If you haven’t had your daily
temper tantrum, this might get you cranked up into high gear. Excuse me while I
get back on the carpet and drum my heels some more.
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