Re: electronic copy of "Programming in Lua, Second Edition" textbook on the net

[Steve Litt <slitt@...>]

On Monday, July 18, 2011 10:45:25 AM Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> On 18/07/2011 14:52, Vafa Khalighi wrote:
> > In case, you do not want illegal distribution of the textbook.
> 
> I suppose you were well intended, but such message would have been
> better kept private to the Lua team, as you actually advertise the
> link here. [1] Such copy is hard to take down, in general...

Probably not. This guy's in California, so you can DMCA him. For once 
DMCA is used in a positive way.

Here's the guy's info from Whois:

Domain Name:SAIKONET.ORG
Created On:10-Jul-2009 23:02:09 UTC
Last Updated On:15-Jun-2011 23:30:37 UTC
Expiration Date:10-Jul-2012 23:02:09 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a 
PublicDomainRegistry.com (R27-LROR)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:DI_14746128
Registrant Name:Chris Bolton
Registrant Organization:n/a
Registrant Street1:222 Jewell St.
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:San Rafael
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:94901
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.2247898497
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:chriskun@saikonet.org

I'd suggest a polite but firm letter first, and then if he doesn't take 
it off, get the authorities involved.

SteveT