This is the sequal of my Da Vinci entry, albeit going astray. I wished to discussed Leonardo Da Vinci, Monalisa, or maybe San Greal, Priory of Sion, Opus Dei and Catholicism, yet, the focus turned to piracy.

When I was accused by Eliar Shiftfire for spreading pirated copies of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, I have made myself clear in reply, that e-books are just for sneak preview. For those who cherish the author’s effort, please go and buy.

Afterwords, fellow blogger David The Katana dropped by with his comments.

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I don’t mind spending money on books, good books, which my (future) kids may want to read. Like, I wouldn’t mind owning a collection of LOTR books or Harry Potter books which a whole family can enjoy.

About people who feel it is ‘low’ distributing pirated books, I guess its about personal principles. From your tone, I feel you don’t think it is justified that the publisher and Dan Brown should profit from his books. However, I think it is justified that authors get paid for their creative work. Yes, I said it, WORK. They worked for this book. So in a way, by distributing their books in this manner, it constitutes some form of theft. But it is still your choice at the end of the day, and it is not my job to judge you.

I agree totally with your first statement. Good books can be and should be shared among all the like-minded people, and I am willing to spend some money to own books I like, too. And most importantly, we do not only buy the books for collection, but consume the knowledge within it !

However, I am afraid the second statement here does not fully reflect my stand. I have to emphasis again, the e-books are just for you to find out whether you would fall in love with this story. For those who do, please get the original copy from bookshops.

I do feel it’s justify for the author and those involved in the publication to make profit from providing us such a great book. And in fact, I think they did. I really have no problem for him to become a multi-billionaire as he did put in a lot of efforts in producing his bestsellers, no ?

I have said it a zillionth times. I have to say it again. Before I end this entry, let me tell all of you, support original, get the bloody original book !