However, we sshould be more alert and shouldn �t advertise links to copyrighted books coz we don �t accept that ours be downloaded illegally. This is the truth!!

Moreover, posting such sites might involve us and Victor in problems we wouldn �t expect.

 

There �s no need to blame anyone here. We need to be aware and more alert. Stop posting such links to books and try to keep your wonderful ESL community safe.

 

All the best,

Nebal

Dear baiba, you felt the need to defend Ivi, but there was no need to. I made it clear that the criticism was NOT directed at her and that I understood her good intentions. She took it like a good sport and everything was sorted out in the end. No one attacked HER, but the hypocricy and double standards.
As i now checked the thread, everyone who got excited about the books have removed their posts. I guess they realised that it was a wrong thing to do. Personally, i think that the posts shouldn �t have been removed, but editted or something. Everyone is allowed to make a mistake and then �repent �. As far as i know most of them were fairly new members and they were not aware of some things, just as i myself wasn �t when i first joined the site.
We live and learn.

 

After reading all the comments and pounding on the issue for at least a minute and a half, here �s my final take...  Even though, I do agree with what �s being said above, I must urge you to open your eyes on what is also going on this website.  I �ve seen a lot of worksheets with pictures coming from books and pictionaries such as Longman.  It didn �t seem to bother anyone.  As for people taking pictures from a google search, you should also be aware that almost every  picture is potentially copyrighted as specified by google itself. And last but no least, those cute cliparts that thousands of members seem to enjoy recycling on their own worksheets are certaily unaware that those cute pictures come from a royalty-free site called Iclipart.com.  You actually have to pay 34.95 $ a year to have the right to use them.  I paid for that and I doubt you all are members of that website.  That didn �t seem to bother anyone either.  That being said, I don �t think you should ask people permission to use the pictures included in their worksheets since the aforementioned cliparts (and a lot of cliparts as a matter of fact) do not belong to them in the first place.   So please, let �s not be hypocritical about what is also really going on in here.  One more thing, here �s something that �s been puzzling me for a while.  Why do a lot of people say � �Past Simple � � ?  It �s Simple Past.  It �s like saying a cat black, it don�t make sense to me.  I love this website, I think there are a lot of dedicated teachers out there who all deserve credit for their hard work and I �m so glad that faith brought me here among the members of this great community.  Bless you all and have a great day !  P.S  Baiba, let me break it down to you.  Rapidshare. com is a hosting website just like Megaupload, Easyshare, Uploading, File Factory (and the myriads of clones out there trying to get their piece of the pie) that provide the member with web space (just like a hard drive) that allows you to upload content such as pictures, videos and pretty much whatever you want.  The issue here is that people use it to upload copyrighted material such as movies, music and software.  The hosting websites are completely legal it´s sometimes the content that isn´t.  If you are looking for a cheap legal way to download digital goods, there are a lot of websites now that offer mp3s for as low as 0.10 $ and movies in DivX format for 2.99 $  If anyone needs help, let me know.  Hope this was helpful.