I Still Believe

I still believe in my
Post
from
July 10th, 2015
called
One Small Step For Man, And A Giant Leap For Mankind

*****
In the past,
I have stated my dislike for
"Copyright Laws."

I believe it infringes on the needs of the
Lower Income Populace
of this
World.
They don't have the same freedoms,
or choices,
to better themselves as the
Rich
have.

So I am here to tell you that there are a lot of good websites out in this
World
where anyone can use
Free Open Source Programs,
get
Free Schematics On Hardware,
and even get help,
Monetarily,
to
Start A Business,
Produce Music,
Publish A Book,
or do just about anything that is a legitimate idea for people to rally around.
That is not a scam.

Spike Lee
has used the website
"Kickstarter"
to fund his projects,
and the 2014 movie,
Veronica Mars,
was completely funded by crowd sourcing this way.

A really beautiful story is about,
what happened to the Washington area
Girl Scouts
when they received a $100,000.00 donation earlier this year.

After the jubilation died down
and they read the fine print from the donor,
the
Girl Scouts
gave the money back.

The donor stipulated that if they couldn't guarantee that the money would not be used to support transgender girls,
they had to give it back.

Which they did.

Instead of wallowing in self pity,
the
Washington Girl Scouts
told their story on the
Crowd-Source Funding Platform, 
"Indiegogo." 
To try
and raise back that $100,000.00 dollars.

I haven't followed the story the past couple of weeks,
but checking the
Indiegogo
website today,
the
Girl Scouts
have raised over
$332,237.00 Dollars.

See how good people can be,
especially when fighting against
Stupid Prejudice People.

I started out talking about
Copyright Laws
and was side tracked by what good people can do,
and have done,
for each other on the internet.

If you are interested in helping others
or have a project needing funding,
on any search engine,
type in:
Websites Like Indiegogo,
or
Kickstarter.
You will find that there are over fifty such websites where people will donate money for a good cause.

The reason I brought up the
Copyright Law
in the first place is because of the good news about the founders of
"Pirate Bay."

One of the largest
Torrent
sites of all time.

Copyright Lawyers
have gone after the
Founders 
of this site for years,
but as of today,
they have been cleared of all
Criminal Infringement
and abuse of
Electronic Communications Charges
in a
Belgian Court.

TorrentFreak  
reported this story,
and is one of my favorite websites for all my
Torrent News.

I recommend them.

This is great news for
Torrent Users
and bad news for
Corporate Greed.

People have asked me,

"Jim, you want to publish your book, how do you expect to make any money if our current Copyright Laws don't protect you?"

My answer is,

"Morally, if a person can afford to pay for my book, he should. The rich don't need to get my book for free, they can afford it. And it certainly won't hurt their pocket book either. But, I believe, the poor should have the same right to enjoy whatever I've written."

That is one of the reasons I sell my book
No Return Address
for only 99 cents.

So everyone has the chance to read it,
if they want to.
In the future,
God
willing,
if my books are good enough to end up in the
Public Libraries,
I will be very pleased.
Because,
everyone will have a chance to read them for free.

That is my goal.

This is,
 If My Book Does Make Any Money,
All The Proceeds Will Go To Publishing My Next Book,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“My problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.”
- Cory Doctorow, -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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