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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: ARM - where and when?
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.015504.24080@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 14 Jan 91 01:55:04 GMT
References: <1991Jan7.180831.8592@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se> <5030001@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com> <48047@apple.Apple.COM>
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In article <48047@apple.Apple.COM>, ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik) writes:
|> Just FYI, I've seen Stroustrup's classical C++ book printed in Hongkong, and
|> it was a cloned, ripped off, "no money back to the originator" edition.
|> 
|> You usually recognize these pirated books from the cover; cheap imitations
|> of the real ones. I would not personally support buying these pirated versions,
|> don't know if the book above one is a pirated or not, but the ASIAN edition
|> label sounds weird.
|> 
|> Remember, buying cheap pirated copyright violated books (or software) will
|> decrease the willingness to produce more.
A few years back, I came across Taiwanese editions of Computer Science texts.
They were printed on cheap paper, at very low prices, and were labelled not
for sale in other parts of the world. I had no reason to believe they were
"clones" at the time. I've also come across "international" editions from
big publishers, where the hardcover is claimed to be at paperback price.
(Not everyone is as rich as the average US student.)

So while it is possible that there is illegal "cloning" going on, don't
jump to the conclusion that any obviously non-US version of a book is in
this category.
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu