Scumbags...

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Name: Desislava Chobanova
Age: 42
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I say e-books pirates should be shot then spoken very severely to followed by a flogging. But I’m a moderate…

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Name: Angel Lindsey
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Country: United States

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Name: velzevul
Age: 20
Country: Bulgaria

Not surprisingly none of them have anything original to say. Sad to be so common. Been thinking...maybe authors should unite and hire a private investigator to find out the real identities of these scumbags and then publish those private details and their theiving tendancies along with photos, on the internet..you know, cause these common folk like to share things...

Black rose tattoo….

…so I got my black rose tattoo today. I sat in my purple bra, cleavage busting forth and got my shoulder inked. I love the tattoo. Jason did a fabulous job with what half arsed info I gave him. I said I want this and that…maybe some swirly things and a kick arse rose and he made an excellent drawing of exactly what I wanted. I love it when people get you straight away – that you don’t have to pull out the sock puppets or do an interpretative dance for them to understand what you want. That’s so refreshing. Few people are so in tune with our own individual needs that it astounds me every time I meet someone simpatico. I was happy for him to take a picture of the tatt. He did an excellent job. Thank you Jason.

The gentlemen at tattoo parlour brought up something that had never occurred to me. As writers we always get pissed when an arsehole e-book pirate – no apologies – they are – takes one of our books – overriding legal copyright and illegally sells our product to make a profit for themselves. Utter wankers. What about tattoo designs? Think about the effort that goes into drawing these tattoos. I’m not talking about the old ‘mother’ and ‘anchor’ tattoos. There are people walking around with some amazing and beautiful tattoos on them. What if they take a photo of them and it ends up on the internet? What if a tattoo site offering cheap downloads pinches the design of a tattoo artist and on sells it for their own profit? It’s bloody wrong. Can a tattoo be copyrighted and policed? How hard would that be? What the hell is it with uninteresting, lazy, non-inventive, untalented people who believe they have the right to steal? Why exactly are these predators on the planet?

Tattoos – I love ‘em but think before you ink. You will have it forever.

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Thar be pirates...

In the last couple of days I have found myself under threat of pirates. Shiver me timbers….I would like to say it's a pirate like Captain Jack Sparrow but alas me hearties it's not. Its e-book pirates…little buggers. Who are they? They are illegal book sites that basically sell, swap or trade your e-book to people. I have found myself and quite a few other authors I know on these sites.

Now, I won’t say it doesn't piss me off - because it does. You put hard work into a book and you want to see the rewards - i.e. $$. That's just common sense. But with these sites neither you nor the publisher sees that money because some unscrupulous little bastard has made copies or on sold your book for their own profit. It stinks and it's wrong but some people will always do the wrong thing without giving a rat’s arse for anyone else - and me jumping up and down and chucking a wobbly (tantrum) is not going to get me anywhere.

How do you combat these wankers? Well, the only re-course is through cease and desist legalese from publishers letters to these sites. There are huge fines involved. It's written on the inside of every book. Yay - you say - not yay - because these individuals will cease and then start up somewhere else. It's sort of like fleas jumping from one dog to another.

Yes and it's wrong and it stinks and people should act with manners and be respectful but some people never get that. So, as always every week I do a search on Amarinda Jones and send off the illegal sites to my publisher and they stop them until they start up somewhere else. So these 'pirates' aren’t glamorous or even vaguely interesting. It’s basically theft and there will always be thieves amongst us. I’ll let karma get them.

Now - in saying all this - if any e-book pirate or piratette is out there and would like to email me on amarinda_jones@yahoo.com.au to explain how they can justify their actions or just to discuss the topic - please feel free. I am happy to listen and even air your views on my blog, facebook, myspace etc. And - not to discriminate - if there are any real pirates - ala Jack Sparrow out there - can you email too if you want…actually please do - real pirates rock. So go ahead - justify yourself…I dare you.

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