RSSAm I Wrong?
Apr 13th, 2008 | By Eric Hoefler | Category: Writing/Media/GenreDistributing copies of a “Harry Potter” book, in any format, without payment, is wrong according to my best understanding and ethical sense so far. But stopping the publication of a lexicon for the world of Harry Potter — which to me is a clearly transformative kind of thing — seems equally wrong.
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“Distributing copies of a “Harry Potter” book, in any format, without payment, is wrong according to my best understanding and ethical sense so far.”
Why do you say that this is unethical?
[...] different viewpoints Eric Hoefler: Distributing copies of [books], in any format, without payment, is wrong according to my best [...]
Hi Peter,
I’ve also left a comment on your post (which I’m sure you know by now). I want to try to do justice to your request, but I don’t think I can do so right now in this comment box. I’ll compose a full post soon that will try to explain my understanding of this.
Thanks for your comments.