On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Matthew Hunter wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 06:26:17PM -0800, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > > > _Brokedown Palace_. Note that BP is currently out of print, > > > and that none of the other Dragaera books bother to mention > > > that it's part of the series, making it very likely that > > > people new to Brust discussions will not have read it yet. > > While it's probably morally dubious to buy SKZB's work in such > > a way that he doesn't benefit, those wishing to participate > > in the typically unspoilered occasional _BP_ discussion but who > > don't have a copy can currently find 19 at half.com and then > > get a new edition when it comes out... No doubt the welcome- > > to-the-list message should mention this book if it doesn't already. > > Doctrine of first sale covers this, folks. It's hardly immoral > to buy a used book; the author got his cut when it was first > sold. I don't have an informed opinion on this subject, but my brother's a composer, and I don't get music free off the web. I certainly buy many of my books used and might well download them free - it's not clear to me what's different about that though.