Re: [ILUG] brilliant book site..no more buying books at o'mahonys

From: kevin lyda (kevin at domain suberic.net)
Date: Sun 02 Jul 2000 - 19:30:10 IST


On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 04:10:42PM +0000, ddd ddd wrote:
> everyone take a trip over to dimn.r0ot.com/books.html and get reading
>
> email me back your comments

here's a comment: you're breaking the law and you apparently have the
morals of a slug. the web site has a number of books available for
download. the domain r0ot.com is owned by:

James Darwin (R0OT4-DOM) thedarkguru at domain HOTMAIL.COM
   2264 Chapel Hill Ct.
   Edison, NJ 08820
   US

and it's dns services are handled by NS1.TECHCELLENT.COM and
NS.KNIGHT-HUB.COM. contact details are:

TECHCELLENT.COM:
      Mufti, Adeel (AM8876) adeelmufti at domain HOTMAIL.COM
      Techcellent
      1486 Roundlead Ct.
      Reston, VA 20190
      (703)733-2995

KNIGHT-HUB.COM:
      Towers, Irve (IT28) irvet at domain KNIGHT-HUB.COM
      The Hub Internet Services
      4064 S. Four Mile Run Dr.
      Arlington, VA 22206
      703-575-0000 (FAX) 703-575-0004

also the email address on the page is hosted by a domain with the following
admin contact:

linuxfreak.com:
      Peak, Dan (DP256) dpeak at domain NOTHINGBUT.NET
      Nothing But Net Access
      3624 Holmes Ave
      Kansas City, MO 64109
      (816) 753 - 5698

i've cc'd a number of vendors whose copyrights you're infringing, as well
as the administrative contacts of all related domains. i've also cc'd
some members of the linux media in the hopes that perhaps they'll run a
story on ethics... i suspect i speak for almost all members of the irish
free software community when i mention that warez suck and that people
have the right to pick what copyrights they place on their own work.
we might have a preference but authors must have the choice. friends of
mine have contributed to a number of those books and while they've made
their help and code available for free in other places they chose to
make some money on their hard won knowledge in those books. a recent
news story (on zdnet of all places) had a good quote on this subject:

        Larry Wall, developer of the Perl language, has a similar
        perspective. "Open source should be about giving away things
        voluntarily," he says. "When you force someone to give you
        something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of
        leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking."

hopefully other little warez kiddies will note that some people on this
list not only disapprove of warez but will actually help get them caught.

have a nice day,

kevin

ps i have a typescript of a download of the main page, the main page
    itself, your email sent to ilug, my response and some select books
    from your site available to any publisher's legal departments that
    might like them.

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