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So are you going to be the one to enforce this? NaClH2O Send a noteboard - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM
Surely the idea of making reviewers provide proof that they do actually have the book would put this issue to rest once and for all while also ensuring that the site only offers genuine reviews?

Are you willing to be the one who makes sure the poster actually has a pre-release copy? Or are you just willing to make more work for someone else? If you are actually willing to do the actual work, how pray tell will you do that? What kind of proof can the reviewers provide? Scanned copyright page? anybody can fake those. ISBN #? already published. Get real man.

The ones who would have committed the copyright infringement would be the ones distributing the book, not the ones reading it. Someone can't violate copyright just by reading and reviewing a book, at least from what I know. (If I rented a movie, made a copy of it, and gave it to a friend, I would be violating copyright. If I rented a movie and invited a friend over to watch it with me, though, I wouldn't be violating copyright, nor would I be if I were the friend who was invited over.)

Umm...You ever heard of Napster? All it would take would be one quote from the book and TOR would be completely within it's rights to shut RAFO down. Are YOU personally willing to be legally responsible for something that someone posts here? Sorry but I'm not. And sure, anybody at any time can post anything here. But by providing a spot for pirates to post what they want, the situation changes to "abetting and encouraging".

NaCl(the admins work hard enough, and we don't need to encourage piracy)H2O +<img class=' />
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Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 08:40:03 AM 2016 Views
Yes. - 20/09/2009 11:56:22 AM 1335 Views
Sorry wrong place. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:31:27 PM 650 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 01:12:18 PM 1283 Views
No. *NM* - 20/09/2009 01:26:48 PM 636 Views
No, I prefer to see them after the 27th. - 20/09/2009 01:42:38 PM 1090 Views
They don't have to read them if they don't want to *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:54:30 AM 691 Views
NO! *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:05:47 PM 695 Views
No *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:22:15 PM 781 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:08:41 PM 694 Views
Yes please! *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:40:41 PM 702 Views
NO *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:16:55 PM 676 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:17:32 PM 716 Views
Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM 1117 Views
I just hate getting interupted. even if I'm at work *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:13 PM 638 Views
Sorry wrong place *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:54 PM 643 Views
We need them to maintain the spike in activity. - 20/09/2009 05:34:14 PM 1238 Views
YES. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:44:48 PM 659 Views
Can anyone who voted no explain why? - 20/09/2009 05:51:51 PM 1120 Views
Yes, why not? - 20/09/2009 06:18:42 PM 1443 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:30:54 PM 652 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:39:34 PM 627 Views
Yes. I see no reason not to. *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:08:47 PM 631 Views
No, I'll just read them and then go regretting it *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:18:27 PM 677 Views
Yes! - 20/09/2009 07:30:59 PM 1152 Views
yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:46:37 PM 696 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 08:34:03 PM 1078 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:08:42 PM 629 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:17:51 PM 648 Views
Yes- Give ppl the option to see the reviews *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:03:27 AM 636 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:33:13 AM 612 Views
I vote yes. - 21/09/2009 04:21:28 AM 1194 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 06:12:37 AM 1121 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 09:32:56 AM 1115 Views
Yes. Don't click the link if you don't want to read it. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:39:16 PM 681 Views
No - 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM 1214 Views
I think you missread the rules... - 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM 1639 Views
so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work? - 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM 1189 Views
I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM 1369 Views
I hadn't thought about all that, you should have made some kind of pros and cons list - 22/09/2009 08:53:39 AM 1307 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM 1201 Views
So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM 1121 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM 1303 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM 1537 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM 1167 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM 1349 Views
As I mentioned elsewhere - 22/09/2009 02:51:00 PM 1044 Views
I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM 1156 Views
Re: I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM 1077 Views
Good to know. - 22/09/2009 10:19:57 PM 1278 Views
I'm shitfitng to no too. Hope more people change their votes. - 22/09/2009 10:34:22 PM 1375 Views
Re: Good to know. - 22/09/2009 11:01:35 PM 1173 Views
Interesting - 23/09/2009 12:16:38 AM 1241 Views
How much is that infamous COT review to blame? - 24/09/2009 05:01:29 AM 1058 Views
Well, Rand IS a transvestite - not exactly a spoiler anymore. - 22/09/2009 08:29:12 AM 1135 Views
No, no, no, no, no! *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:31:22 PM 618 Views
You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak. - 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM 1121 Views
Ever hear of Napster? - 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM 1045 Views
But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM 1258 Views
Sounds right to me. - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM 1345 Views
Thank you for the clarification. - 23/09/2009 07:04:13 PM 1085 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM 1402 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 27/09/2009 02:41:11 AM 1229 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 28/09/2009 07:53:46 PM 1127 Views
Baloney. The two are not related at all. *NM* - 23/09/2009 07:00:47 PM 652 Views
Yes, as long as no-spoiler policy is employed. *NM* - 23/09/2009 12:04:41 AM 623 Views
No *NM* - 25/09/2009 07:05:03 AM 625 Views

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