tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post5628335168504471789..comments2024-03-24T12:41:56.165-04:00Comments on Sandro Tosi: Is being pirated sign of success?Sandro Tosihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17077191422205823991noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-33636000806630626432010-01-24T06:13:34.134-05:002010-01-24T06:13:34.134-05:00@mirabilos: would you care to explain why you thin...@mirabilos: would you care to explain why you think this is "bad"?<br /><br />also, do you really think this is something up for a comment in a random blog post instead of an email directly to me?Sandro Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077191422205823991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-87574997694756698772010-01-18T08:28:09.385-05:002010-01-18T08:28:09.385-05:00FWIW, your blog RSS (and thus Plänet Debian) has c...FWIW, your blog RSS (and thus Plänet Debian) has code like the following in it (replaced angle-brackets):<br /><br />〈div class="blogger-post-footer"〉〈img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/462006525194985726-7884088453638674494?l=sandrotosi.blogspot.com" alt="" height="1" width="1" /〉〈/div〉<br /><br />This is… bad, from a privacy standpoint especially. Got this warning due to Konqueror’s broken SSL implementation, actually…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-20191537089318989192010-01-14T21:55:35.571-05:002010-01-14T21:55:35.571-05:00Just because somebody downloaded your book for fre...Just because somebody downloaded your book for free does not mean that "for sure it's less money in your pocket."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/18/free-ebooks-cory-doctorow" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/18/free-ebooks-cory-doctorow</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-24411197370132356732010-01-08T13:07:09.179-05:002010-01-08T13:07:09.179-05:00All the news books get in download pages, it does ...All the news books get in download pages, it does not matter whether the book is good or not :)ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720799430503975846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-37036592772394452342010-01-08T04:03:06.786-05:002010-01-08T04:03:06.786-05:00You should read some of the intros to Cory Doctoro...You should read some of the intros to Cory Doctorow's books to understand why this is a good thing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09163741538424592436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-3630808805906358052010-01-07T21:39:27.685-05:002010-01-07T21:39:27.685-05:00I loved the last link :)I loved the last link :)Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966442884730426878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-61265363964768940752010-01-07T17:58:07.483-05:002010-01-07T17:58:07.483-05:00@Joe: yes, I know: it's the same reasoning use...@Joe: yes, I know: it's the same reasoning used for mp3 downloads :) We'll see if it helped or now.Sandro Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077191422205823991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462006525194985726.post-45928661324231105572010-01-07T17:52:45.675-05:002010-01-07T17:52:45.675-05:00Not necessarily. It could be the reverse.
You ar...Not necessarily. It could be the reverse.<br /><br />You aren't harmed financially if someone who would never consider buying your book gets it as a free download. You are hurt if someone who would otherwise pay gets a free copy, but if "piracy" gets the book more widely known, so more people hear about it, this might increase sales.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611547668822891646noreply@blogger.com