At the end of the semester, I uploaded it onto www.megaupload.com and posted it on a used textbook website under the contact name "Cheap Cheese". It specifically told people to stop getting ripped off by the bookstore and just get the eBook "here" for free (and a link was provided). Hey, I'm just being a friend, helping out another friend...
Then today, I just happened to look in my spam folder and found an email from some girl telling me that she's taking the same course right now, but is having trouble downloading the textbook. She was wondering whether I still had it and if I could send it to her through email.
I was about to and then I thought to myself... this could be a trap! She could be an undercover UBC Bookstore staff trying to catch me! So I decided I won't respond. If she's a real student, I'm sure she would be able to find someone who can help her download. I'm sorry, but I must protect my identity.
From this scenario, I'd like to think of myself as an unsung hero. Similar to Superman, or Batman (except for the fact that I'm a girl). Nobody will ever know my real identity. To them, I will be forever known as "Cheap Cheese"...
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You left your e-mail on a site where people could find it? Couldn't they trace you through that? Or I'm guessing you left some sort of obscure e-mail?
ReplyDeleteI think better would have been to just use an anonymous e-mail that you could throw away. Sweet that you got a free pdf book instead of your textbook (the bookstore totally rips students off)
Well, technically, the person who emailed me doesn't know the email address they're emailing it to. It's just a form that they fill out. As long as I don't reply to their email, they won't know who it is.
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