ebooks gone

[KitsuneMarie]

This little text at the bottom of the latest blog post is disconcerting to me: "There is a great possibility that in the next week major changes will have to be made to RAF." What kind of changes do you mean, Richard?

[ohschnapadoodle]

For some reason, I can't view the eBooks... Am I blocked because I'm new?

[Dameg]

yeah, i'm not to worried about it.

They've sent their message, and i doubt they really care what any of us do on an individual level. I mean, for all they know/care we're just irate fans that'll cool down after a few days and forget about this.

may as well fight it while we're still warm!

I disagree. If they've only contact RAF at this point in time, then it's likely they will keep an eye on the situation. If they're going to make a point of people not distributing e-book material without permission, this would be the place to do it. If you want to be in contact about the e-books, I'd recommend following Estelore's suggestion.

But, it's each individual's choice. Just don't be surprised if any sort of consequence comes about from these posts.

lol I've edited my posts ^^ Let's be ninja! lol

This little text at the bottom of the latest blog post is disconcerting to me: "There is a great possibility that in the next week major changes will have to be made to RAF." What kind of changes do you mean, Richard?

Where did you see that?

[Dameg]

No, just read this:
http://blog.animorphsforum.com/
and this:
http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6434.0

[A ghost you know]

lol I've edited my posts ^^ Let's be ninja! lol

Sounds good. I'll edit my sole troublesome post, too.

This little text at the bottom of the latest blog post is disconcerting to me: "There is a great possibility that in the next week major changes will have to be made to RAF." What kind of changes do you mean, Richard?

Where did you see that?

It's in the latest blog entry, at the very bottom, in small print. I can take a screenshot if you want.

[RYTX]

man, why did rich make that so small and not noticable. Now my anger is replaced with anticipation and dread

[patric]

Yeah, that's more than a little worrisome.

[Dameg]

This little text at the bottom of the latest blog post is disconcerting to me: "There is a great possibility that in the next week major changes will have to be made to RAF." What kind of changes do you mean, Richard?

Where did you see that?

It's in the latest blog entry, at the very bottom, in small print. I can take a screenshot if you want.

Oh, Ok ^^ I see it now.
Well, I'd like to know more about what's going on... Richard is always so mysterious   I hope there won't be too many changes...

[A ghost you know]

man, why did rich make that so small and not noticable. Now my anger is replaced with anticipation and dread

Ditto. I hadn't even noticed that until Marie pointed it out, but it's enough to get me massively worried.

This little text at the bottom of the latest blog post is disconcerting to me: "There is a great possibility that in the next week major changes will have to be made to RAF." What kind of changes do you mean, Richard?

Where did you see that?

It's in the latest blog entry, at the very bottom, in small print. I can take a screenshot if you want.

Oh, Ok ^^ I see it now.
Well, I'd like to know more about what's going on... Richard is always so mysterious   I hope there won't be too many changes...

I don't think he has a choice about being mysterious. He's probably trying to get Scholastic to cooperate as much as possible so he doesn't have to change RAF very much, but he doesn't know what they'll allow so he can't say anything.

[Gyt Kaliba]

The changes could be a good thing too, you never know. Maybe by agreeing to some things, Scholastic will give him some first dibs on stuff so that we can see them even sooner before the release!

[KitsuneMarie]

I like the way you think, Gyt.

Sorry, y'all, didn't mean to worry you.

[Dameg]

Gyt is more dreaming than thinking 

I know why he's mysterious now, Luke, but he's ALWAYS mysterious

[Terenia]

To answer Chad and...someone else...from awhile back:

Yes, having the ebooks is illegal and Scholastic is well within their rights to order us to remove them. Even if the books are out of print, and even if updated versions are published via the re-release, copyright laws are in effect for the original editions for sixty years, whereupon the publisher and/or author must reapply or it falls into public domain.

So yeah, even though the books were out of print, and even though the books were put together by fans, Scholastic is well within their rights.

Also, piggybacking off of what Jess said: I agree that Scholastic is likely keeping an eye on the situation and it is perhaps not in your best interest to be offering to e-mail digital copies of the books to everyone on RAF, or to direct members to torrent sites. If nothing else, you could just be pointing Scholastic to other places that they can harp on in addition to RAF.

Be grateful for the time that we had the ebooks and leave it at that. Yeah, the timing sucks, but it really isn't the job of a big corporate legal team to pat RAFians on the back for being great members and keeping the flame alive. They are a business, they don't care about that. They care about making and keeping money and they are protecting their personal investments.

[Gyt Kaliba]

I like the way you think, Gyt.

Thanks, I try to remain positive.

Gyt is more dreaming than thinking 

Sadly...this is probably the case.

And there you have it from a staff member here now as well. We just have to be thankful that they were up for as long as they were. And while Scholastic may not be thankful that you guys have kept the flame alive, I and I'm sure many others are very grateful for that. ^_^

[A ghost you know]

The changes could be a good thing too, you never know. Maybe by agreeing to some things, Scholastic will give him some first dibs on stuff so that we can see them even sooner before the release!

+1 for staying positive.
I don't think that'll ever happen, but I like the fact that you're trying to find a good side to this.