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Sounds right to me. RandAllThor Send a noteboard - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM
By providing a specific place for "pre-release" previews, and not enforcing any kind of spoiler, quoting or etc, you are placing yourself in a position of being charged with "abetting and encouraging" piracy. Not a good idea.

NaCl(think I'll just go over to 13th Depository)H2O


The NAPSTER analogy only works if the book itself was being copied for illegal distribution, which obviously would be wrong on every level.

The 'legal' arguments I've seen in this thread do not really hold water, and do not come close to any review policy or agreement I've ever seen a publisher issue in four years of getting review copies of books.

Typically, publishers do not hand out NDAs because it is really not worth the hassle. And if they're not handing out an NDA to be signed, there is nothing they can do once they've sent a book out for review. Obviously if the book has been stolen from the warehouse or the office (as happened with HARRY POTTER a few times), that is a legal matter.

Sensible bloggers will, of course, abide by any 'requests' that the publishers send along with the book (such as to wait until such and such a date or ensure a strict no-spoiler policy), otherwise they may find themselves not getting review copies of TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT or A MEMORY OF LIGHT - or indeed anything else Tor or Orbit ever publish ever again - when the time comes.

I'm seeing the Orbit reps tomorrow, so I might get some additional clarification on the ground rules and things that people seem worried about here.
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Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 08:40:03 AM 1582 Views
Yes. - 20/09/2009 11:56:22 AM 932 Views
Sorry wrong place. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:31:27 PM 412 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 01:12:18 PM 857 Views
No. *NM* - 20/09/2009 01:26:48 PM 420 Views
No, I prefer to see them after the 27th. - 20/09/2009 01:42:38 PM 717 Views
They don't have to read them if they don't want to *NM* - 21/09/2009 01:54:30 AM 412 Views
NO! *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:05:47 PM 460 Views
No *NM* - 20/09/2009 02:22:15 PM 516 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:08:41 PM 464 Views
Yes please! *NM* - 20/09/2009 03:40:41 PM 468 Views
NO *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:16:55 PM 415 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 04:17:32 PM 464 Views
Re: Do you guys want pre-release reviews on this board? - 20/09/2009 05:33:49 PM 731 Views
I just hate getting interupted. even if I'm at work *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:13 PM 408 Views
Sorry wrong place *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:12:54 PM 424 Views
We need them to maintain the spike in activity. - 20/09/2009 05:34:14 PM 828 Views
YES. *NM* - 20/09/2009 05:44:48 PM 432 Views
Can anyone who voted no explain why? - 20/09/2009 05:51:51 PM 755 Views
Yes, why not? - 20/09/2009 06:18:42 PM 1022 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:30:54 PM 396 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 06:39:34 PM 401 Views
Yes. I see no reason not to. *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:08:47 PM 406 Views
No, I'll just read them and then go regretting it *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:18:27 PM 400 Views
Yes! - 20/09/2009 07:30:59 PM 736 Views
yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 07:46:37 PM 461 Views
Yes - 20/09/2009 08:34:03 PM 684 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:08:42 PM 413 Views
Yes *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:17:51 PM 413 Views
Yes- Give ppl the option to see the reviews *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:03:27 AM 402 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/09/2009 12:33:13 AM 379 Views
I vote yes. - 21/09/2009 04:21:28 AM 759 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 06:12:37 AM 733 Views
Yes - 21/09/2009 09:32:56 AM 726 Views
Yes. Don't click the link if you don't want to read it. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:39:16 PM 438 Views
No - 21/09/2009 06:15:19 PM 804 Views
I think you missread the rules... - 21/09/2009 08:24:22 PM 1265 Views
so you want to give the admins all kinds of extra work? - 22/09/2009 02:16:56 AM 772 Views
I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 05:06:13 AM 910 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 845 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 11:45:26 AM 775 Views
So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:03:16 PM 741 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:16:57 PM 905 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 12:42:55 PM 1141 Views
Re: So are you going to be the one to enforce this? - 22/09/2009 01:20:58 PM 735 Views
Re: I'm strongly against it - 22/09/2009 02:39:55 PM 928 Views
As I mentioned elsewhere - 22/09/2009 02:51:00 PM 666 Views
I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 05:44:18 PM 727 Views
Re: I had no idea about these legalities. - 22/09/2009 06:25:20 PM 633 Views
Good to know. - 22/09/2009 10:19:57 PM 825 Views
I'm shitfitng to no too. Hope more people change their votes. - 22/09/2009 10:34:22 PM 969 Views
Re: Good to know. - 22/09/2009 11:01:35 PM 775 Views
Interesting - 23/09/2009 12:16:38 AM 856 Views
How much is that infamous COT review to blame? - 24/09/2009 05:01:29 AM 630 Views
Well, Rand IS a transvestite - not exactly a spoiler anymore. - 22/09/2009 08:29:12 AM 743 Views
No, no, no, no, no! *NM* - 21/09/2009 06:31:22 PM 385 Views
You're going to ban/forbid spoiler filled reviews? Weak. - 22/09/2009 08:26:15 AM 701 Views
Ever hear of Napster? - 22/09/2009 12:11:02 PM 696 Views
But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 12:36:35 AM 822 Views
Sounds right to me. - 23/09/2009 12:27:57 PM 921 Views
Thank you for the clarification. - 23/09/2009 07:04:13 PM 749 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 23/09/2009 07:33:11 PM 978 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 27/09/2009 02:41:11 AM 786 Views
Re: But that only applies to piracy of the actual book itself. - 28/09/2009 07:53:46 PM 712 Views
Baloney. The two are not related at all. *NM* - 23/09/2009 07:00:47 PM 442 Views
Yes, as long as no-spoiler policy is employed. *NM* - 23/09/2009 12:04:41 AM 391 Views
No *NM* - 25/09/2009 07:05:03 AM 400 Views

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