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<blockquote data-quote="Shaele" data-source="post: 203704" data-attributes="member: 3071">&lt;quote&gt;But of course, I agree that the ripping of somebodys livelyhood is a bad thing.&lt;/quote&gt;Agreed, and this is the salient point. Here's a thought for you Mistwell:If there's _any_ chance that someone will use the material you post, instead of paying Monte $5, then you should refrain from posting it. The OGL-snips that were also posted were clever, and a more reasonable compromise, since anyone that was tempted by it would need to buy the PDF to get full use of the material.From now on, instead of getting ruffled over issues of legality, ask yourself this: if I was a writer, trying to make money by selling my work, would it be fair for someone to post my writing without my permission? If there was a chance it would impede my livelihood?You may be legally justified in competely posting everything Monte has ever written, but that's not the issue, is it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaele, post: 203704, member: 3071"] <quote> But of course, I agree that the ripping of somebodys livelyhood is a bad thing. </quote> Agreed, and this is the salient point. Here's a thought for you Mistwell: If there's _any_ chance that someone will use the material you post, instead of paying Monte $5, then you should refrain from posting it. The OGL-snips that were also posted were clever, and a more reasonable compromise, since anyone that was tempted by it would need to buy the PDF to get full use of the material. From now on, instead of getting ruffled over issues of legality, ask yourself this: if I was a writer, trying to make money by selling my work, would it be fair for someone to post my writing without my permission? If there was a chance it would impede my livelihood? You may be legally justified in competely posting everything Monte has ever written, but that's not the issue, is it? [/QUOTE]

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