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By: Jackie noriega

Jackie noriega — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:44:08 +0000

los contenidos deberàn ser libres y sin costo porque es la unica forma de admirar conocer y saber de los diferentes continenten paises y tambie`n una bella forma de compartir con diferentes culturas incluso hoy en dìa es la forma de conocer a la otra mitad ya que por falta de tiempo o medios la gente no puede hacer vida social sin embargo mediante esta herramienta llamada internet todo ha sido posible en mi ejemplo personal toda la vida me a encantado las letras y hoy estoy feliz de podernos comunicar mediante tu pagina y poder emitir alguna idea o contar mis experiencias saludos mi paulo

By: rares vasile

rares vasile — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:22:48 +0000

Nos gusta competir y ganar,es facil,sea donde sea la competicion,o cual sea el tipo de competicion….nos gusta competir y ganar,es algo intimo de nosotros mismos….a veses competimos por pura diversidad?….no mo me lo creo,combatir constructivamente,creo que seria una buena idea..

By: clara rojo

clara rojo — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:19:23 +0000

fredoom in every way people prectice is a human nedd for own growt as individual but human i talking about real h. b . will do it whith resaponsability to dont harm others inocents people also is a powerfull weapon so be very carefully in which way it use p.s ilove paulo cohelo

By: Free contents

Free contents — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:54:12 +0000

I agree. Should be free … our life – barter? No!

Tatiana from Moscow, Russia

By: Shakeela

Shakeela — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:41:48 +0000

Knowledge and beauty are none’s possession…….All the content should be absolutely free.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:21:39 +0000

I think it’s okay to be free since most of the ideas aren’t really “ours”. You know, like an idea just come across you and you’re fortunate to grab it. I think the “idea” or “the genius” is just using a person as an instrument to share the idea to other people.

But let’s not forget to give credit to the one who created something, for of course he/she also used his energy and time in order to make that something.

By: manuel c costa

manuel c costa — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:59:35 +0000

gosto de ler seus livros

By: Christopher John Sylvestro

Christopher John Sylvestro — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:07:59 +0000

“If you love something give it away”-I heard this in a song and reading your post reminded of the lyric…The positive side of like-mindedness…

By: astronotoner

astronotoner — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:09:50 +0000

i think, internet gives all of us; a valuable chance to share our perspectives, ideas, feelings, experinces and a valuable chance to learn from each other, to know that; there is lots of worlds in each human being on our single home; earth.. And this every “unique” world(colour) of each person, makes us more rich at the whole… And i believe that, this chance should be reachable for every one. This “change” means Change.. And that is what we need; to look out from our personal worlds or what we have learned; to imagining that;
another world is possible!(in personal and general meaning)
I want to share with you something from my “world”; about this thema… The first sketch at the link below tells;
A human being is; either physically or mentally
(spiritually) nothing; except of what he/she takes and didn`t give back to his/her enviroment yet. I mean; we are existing from what we take and didn`t gave back yet. for example; if the body dies, our physical existence unropes in the soil. I mean without the things, which we took from our enviroment; we are just border lines…
And there is two kind of human behaviour, after we took something from our enviroment; to give back to the enviroment( it means change and renew yourself)or to not give back to the enviroment, which means; izolation of yourself within your dick border walls, which means; in a flood/river of continuous changes, insisting of prisoning the the things(energy) in you, which is like; for example
if you dont let the water to cycle in its way(for example; puting it in a glass bottle and closing it) it will be roting/decaying… which dont means “life”…
I don`t mean with that; give all of the things you have, to the other people, who dont have it:) or i am not saying that; you can not eat more than 3 times in a day and it can`t make you more happy. Or, if you take(?) from your enviroment and make a mountain from that, you will not be very happy at the whole of your time.. Of course you can be.. There is lots of happy people on the earth.. But i am just thinking like that; (it is my subjective opinion; of course i can be wrong)
it is the time to start thinking in another way and start to behave in another way in every decision that we made and every small change what we are creating in our enviroment. We can not giving back; how we took it. It means “change”; that we made..

here is the link;
http://astronotoner.blogspot.com/2010/05/visual-zartsvijuyil-zurts-5-para-etmez.html

Peace and Love,

By: Ha

Ha — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:25:07 +0000

I love your blog just the way it is. Giving me a lot of inspiration. I think the fact that you share as much as you can makes you different from other authors & it shows clearly you are practicing the value you are writing about, as well as shows your kindness to help others & your willingness to connect in a deeper level with your readers. Business people sometimes are so short-sighted that they can see nothing further than a pile of money. For you, writing & sharing are the way of life so don’t let others make you stray from it .
Oh, I’m your biggest fan. The more I read the blog the more I want to collect all your books. Thank you for writing them ^_^

By: L. Diane Eddins-Johns

L. Diane Eddins-Johns — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:31:08 +0000

It is about sharing. Could’nt agree with you more.

By: Angelika

Angelika — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:32:45 +0000

Thanks to all of you sharing your thoughts, and of course your opinion on that topic, Paulo.
I received “The Alchemist” as a gift from one of best friends. He already read it and as we were speaking he decided to give me the book. It was the first evening I went to his appartment. I can still remember it so clearly, althogh it has been a while. Since then I bought every book of you, but never kept them. I decided to give the books to my dearest friends, sharing your thoughts and mine about the book. I gave them the books as a gift but also with a requirement. After reading it, it needs to be given to another special person.
My friends also went on buying the books and sharing them with their friends.
I hope you like the way I am sharing your thoughts.
The alchemist has changed my life completely, and I am thinking about this book so often. After I finished my studies, I was looking for a job closely to home as I wanted to stay with my friends and family and of course with my boyfriend. But I got a job offer in Austria, 700 km away from home. I decided to go there. I dont know how things will turn out here, but I have a good feeling about it.

Regards from Austria,

Angelika

By: ting

ting — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:36:09 +0000

Well if you are a good author, your fans are still going to support your work even if they are available for free.

If you are a good author, you wouldn’t care too much about how much you are earning, but how many people are reading.

Like for me, I’d find the most economical way first to read, if I really like it I’d buy to keep. I’ve been doing this because I’m not at the privilege to buy any books for ‘trying out’. So I only buy good work.

So I guess it boils down to content, not cost :)

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By: tino

tino — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:06:07 +0000

La verdad que el poder compartir con los demás libremente es lo mejor que hay y es un sistema de relacionarse y conocer buena gente que la verdad merece la pena.

Saludos a todos

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:21:24 +0000

Hola Paulo, hola a todos!
leyendo las opiniones de todos aquí, me vienen dos simples frases que anteriormente leí (aunq no recuerdo autores) y que creo q gracias a la tecnología y al internet toman más fuerza…
“El conocimiento es un bien que crece, a medida en que se comparte”
“When you get, give… when you learn, TEACH”
Por qué estas frases? porque como mucho se menciona en todos estos comentarios, por medio de internet podemos contactarnos con muchas personas, descargar música o libros que nos gustan y por supuesto informarnos sobre muchas cosas. POR MEDIO DE INTERNET, TENEMOS EL PRIVILEGIO Y LA DICHA DE COMPARTIR CON LOS DEMÁS cosas sencillas, o alguna frase corta que en algún lugar del mundo alguien leera y a quien quiza le sea útil, o le levante el ánimo.. qué se yo, por lo que yo creo que descargar gratis cualquier archivo puede ayudar a hacer más grande el “bien del conocimiento” y también el arte, por qué no?.
Como todo lo creado por el hombre… internet tiene sus cosas buenas y malas… todo depende del uso INDIVIDUAL que querramos darles.
Felices fiestas.
Paulo, que deleite haber encontrado una página donde pueda leerte aparte de tus libros, e incluso donde todos podamos comentar al respecto. Definitivamente otra de las maravillas del internet.
Hasta pronto.
Gabriela
Guatemala

By: Reyhan

Reyhan — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:21:19 +0000

Dear Paolo,

One of the writers said” Take everything from me I wont die, Put me into prison I want die but if take my right of speaking I’ll die.

Reyhan

By: jajati badu

jajati badu — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:49:18 +0000

I agree with you. I also like to get contents at free of cost. But how the owner of that content will survive?
He needs money directly or indirectly to make his content more and more beautiful. But Its ok if there is no problem with the owner of the content.

By: Antara

Antara — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:58:44 +0000

Three days back I had the chance to grab “The Alchemist”.. Finished it off in 3 days ..and then re read some of the parts again..
It is your first book I’ve read and I think I’m yet to grasp the whole message of the story.
However, I would like to tell you that it has made me make an important decision of life.. though I’m not sure whether I would be able to stick to it.. but I think I will.
I guess your book came to my hands at the right time.. it was destined to be.. so that I could decide upon this most important aspect of my life.

Thanks :)..I thank u with my heart :)

By: vivie

vivie — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:23:00 +0000

well.. foe my opinion i think its really confusing nowadays to be really kind to share thoughts.. especially when you have already successfully made good-quality books..

seems like the publisher owns the writer’s wisdom and sell it for a price.. in which for the conclusion.. the wisdom just disappears..

i for one would like to share my thoughts as well.. and hope that my thoughts would help others through my stories/sharings .. (this idea is formed up in my head with an inspiration from you.. )

a writer is someone who wants to extend feelings, messages, thoughts to everyone in this world.. inspire them and let them make some good realizations in life…

===best things in life are for free,,

By: Bujdosó Tamás László

Bujdosó Tamás László — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:42:57 +0000

Voilá the sound of Christ magyar nyelven:

Happy life, Paulo:-)

http://videa.hu/videok/zene/feke-pal-jezus-krisztus-christ-mtv1-tarsulat-Cg1mbI2BJ8fwLGWW

By: Sam DiMuzio

Sam DiMuzio — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:23:17 +0000

Free content is a form of sharing. Sharing is a form of caring. Caring? For ourselves and others we come in contact with. Caring keeps us alive and well. Free content is a definite and necessary instrument for caring.

Paulo Coelho, thank you for your many thoughts. Your books are a joy and appreciated.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:25:05 +0000

I think that information should be freely available on the internet. But why should this be the case? To answer that question we have to determine what democracy, liberty and freedom is. Can we live in a free society if information is restricted or only available to a select few. I say no, this is an untenable situation. The world has come too far to go back to the dark ages. I think that we have to evolve with the times, the world order is changing rapidly.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:24:17 +0000

By: Gonzalo Monserrate

Gonzalo Monserrate — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:23:26 +0000

Paulo, te has referido a la “industria” del “entretenimiento” ¿Cómo pueden ir juntas esas dos palabras? me parecen incompatibles, suenan como “Inteligencia militar” o “plastic glass”. El arte (lo digo como creador) no debe tener más intención que la de ser compartido. Entiendo que tiene que haber una compensación, porque no nos alimentamos del divino soplo de las musas y un artista cumple una función en la sociedad tan importante como la de un albañil o un cocinero, no menos, tampoco más (muchos artistas creen que tienen un vinculo con los dioses, no se dan cuenta de que todo el mundo lo tiene). Pero, ¿no puede un albañil construir para alguien gratis y por el placer de hacerlo? ¿se van a unir los albañiles para impedirlo?
Internet proporciona libertad, la de elegir lo que visitas y la de participar (en esto último se diferencia de los otros medios de comunicación). Me niego a que el Gran Hermano también nos diga lo que debemos opinar, compartir o mirar. Parece mentira la mala cesta que el mundo está haciendo con tan buenos mimbres.

By: Staffan

Staffan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:54:34 +0000

As an smaller music artist I need sharing. Record companies and media go on and on about how smaller artists can’t survive as long as there is file sharing. They could not be more wrong. We smaller artists finally have a chance thanks to file sharing.

We don’t get that much money from record sales. We get our money from tours and copyrights when we are played on the radio. Here in Sweden they always talk about lost copyright money for the composers. But selling records hasn’t got anything to do with copyright.

Now Sweden is about to get a new law that makes it possible for record companies and film studios, in fact any one, to hunt file sharers for own profits. Internet suppliers will have to give up a customers name if anyone is asking about an ip-adress.

This scares me and I think it could get ugly. And also record companies would have to finance this hunt with something. So that means less profits for artists in their new contracts.

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By: Diego

Diego — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:23:55 +0000

He leído críticas a cerca de Coelho. Lo cierto es que su forma de contar historias, y la temática en ellas contadas, no dicen mucho. Pero hay algo que está por encima de cualquier valor técnico literario; y eso es lo siguiente: Si una mujer de 47 años que a penas logró estudiar el 2do de primaria, a sus 47 años descubre en el tercer mundo, sometida al machismo, que detras de unas letras simples hay un mundo por descubrir y por vivir; pues si por esa simpleza, se le critica a Paulo, pues que bien. Alguien de los que escribe acá, dígale al señor Coehlo que una mujer de 47 años, viviendo bajo el mas puro machismo, encontró en sus simples palabras una nueva pintura, en donde posar sus sueños y donde hacer andar sus pasos. No hay premio para eso, pues el premio es en si y por si eso mismo

By: Liina L.

Liina L. — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:30:31 +0000

Paulo! First of all – I don’t know why, but I sense a type of sadness from your face on that video (which maybe doesn’t have to be anything about the sharing topic you are talking about). But on the topic: I think it should be open to share Your content, although it should have some kind of a “control”. For example in Estonia we have these ID cards, and also the readers of the ID cards, so that if You put Your ID card in it, You should be able to sign papers with Your own original signature (from the ID card) and do different things that You’d usually have to go to a certain office or service house to do it. So it is a great help for people who for example are in wheelchairs (with moving disabled people). So maybe it would be an idea to legalize to share Your content, but maybe engage it with some kind of an “ID card” so people will know it’s really You that’s doing it… maybe it sounds weird, but in Estonia there are big problems in the online-news sites where people can comment freely on politics and government or anything human or none-human without taking any responsibility to their words and identity (cause you can freely put in a false name etc.). Ok this hasn’t got to do directly about the ‘content sharing’ business… or wait a minute. Our words, and thoughts, and sharing it with others can also be taken as contents… Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, it should be free, but not as free as it is now… so that people wouldn’t hide behind false ID-s. But good theme to discuss about! And Paulo – be happy! It’s Christmas time! The most wonderful time in the year! Hugs!

By: Hakima Sidhoum-Deramchi

Hakima Sidhoum-Deramchi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:13:18 +0000

Monsieur Coelho,

Je vous remercie d’abord pour tout ce que vous faites, vous avez donné une nouvelle configuration au monde de la communication.
Grâce à des personnes animées par un sentiment noble que celui de partager, des personnes voire des peuples démunis de moyens peuvent accéder au savoir.
Des pensées et des intérêts occultes érigés en lois par l’homme veulent encore une fois restreindre l’accès à l’information. Ce n’est pas nouveau la “rétention de l’information”, Internet a bouleversé des pratiques ancestrales, la preuve est là…
A ce titre, je tiens à vous dire que vos textes sont exploités librement dans des classes, des amphithéâtres, des salles de séminaires… J’ai acheté vos livres bien sûr mais j’ai récolté pleines de données sur le Web, j’en ai fait profiter aux étudiants, séminaristes, professeurs,… L’essentiel n’est pas de garder l’information et de la monnayer mais de la partager pour qu’on soit sur la même longueur d’ondes et construire un monde nouveau où il fait bon d’y vivre. Un savoir sans partage n’est d’aucune utilité.
Merci encore pour vos différentes actions qui ne reflètent d’ailleurs que la noblesse de votre quintessence.