Aug-31-2018, 03:09 AM
Hello,
I've been doing this for a long time, and while I'm sure if I was a published book author (I'm not), I wouldn't like this. But I haven't stopped doing it in the name of financially responsibility to my family and obligations; and if I was an author I would want to see criminal or civil punishment for someone doing this to my content if it got out there.
So what I do is, whenever I see a book of interest, which is often, I search for the book title in Google with the search criteria of 'filetype: pdf'.
More often then not, I find the book, especially if the book is (approximately) 2-3 years or more older. Then I download, on the first page comment the weblink where I downloaded the book, and I'm off and reading.
While sometimes I have bought a book or course in support of the creator, honestly, more often then not, I have not.
Am I committing a moral faux pas?
Thanks,
Phil
I've been doing this for a long time, and while I'm sure if I was a published book author (I'm not), I wouldn't like this. But I haven't stopped doing it in the name of financially responsibility to my family and obligations; and if I was an author I would want to see criminal or civil punishment for someone doing this to my content if it got out there.
So what I do is, whenever I see a book of interest, which is often, I search for the book title in Google with the search criteria of 'filetype: pdf'.
More often then not, I find the book, especially if the book is (approximately) 2-3 years or more older. Then I download, on the first page comment the weblink where I downloaded the book, and I'm off and reading.
While sometimes I have bought a book or course in support of the creator, honestly, more often then not, I have not.
Am I committing a moral faux pas?
Thanks,
Phil