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Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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Re: Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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This isn't even a real project -- more likely someone using Google Code as his personal SVN repository.

The Google Code PDF link is about the 7th search result, so that's likely how this was found:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&channel=cs&...

Re: Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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post #4

This isn't even a real project -- more likely someone using Google Code as his personal SVN repository. The Google Code PDF link is about the 7th search result, so that's likely how this was found: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&channel=cs&...

If you notice, the one that uploaded the files is a .edu account...

Re: Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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It looks like the bug was reported by someone named "Alan", yet it doesn't look like any of the authors of those books have that name. So possibly just disgruntled third party pointing out the piracy.

62 up-votes on this link so far, #1 on HN, and it's not even true. A good title goes a long way.

Re: Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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post #2

It looks like the bug was reported by someone named "Alan", yet it doesn't look like any of the authors of those books have that name. So possibly just disgruntled third party pointing out the piracy.

62 up-votes on this link so far, #1 on HN, and it's not even true. A good title goes a long way.

Or maybe people upvote it because of the content, not because of who made it ? If it turns out it's one of the publishers (or even a fan) instead of the author, this bug report will still be just as awesome.

Re: Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

62 up-votes on this link so far, #1 on HN, and it's not even true. A good title goes a long way.

Or maybe people upvote it because of the content, not because of who made it ? If it turns out it's one of the publishers (or even a fan) instead of the author, this bug report will still be just as awesome.

Maybe. But I'm pretty sure it was upvoted because of the sensationalist title.

Re: Author finds pirated version of his book in a Google Code Project, files bug.

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post #4

This isn't even a real project -- more likely someone using Google Code as his personal SVN repository. The Google Code PDF link is about the 7th search result, so that's likely how this was found: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&channel=cs&...

Looks like a school project with associated reading material. The owner forgot or overlooked the fact that the repo is public and indexable.
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