never heard Godwin used as a verb before, but if you can google, then why not.

Who said innovation was dead? (not CoS obviously).

I have recently written a textbook, and I have written it for a series that I know will get widely pirated, because the pages are A4 sized and photocopy really well and it will appear as a torrent quite quickly.

I will not make a lot of money from the book - probably $5k per edition, but writing it will enable me to share my vision with a lot of people, and I regard that as a privilege. The more it is pirated, the more it will help my career.

I live very nearby - it is not very large.

It is a non-academic holding pen for chavs and pikies until they can claim benefits. This is the purpose of education in the UK.

If the kit has not been stolen and is still working in a month's time I will eat a hat shop.

Agree completely.
Leopards and spots- I make a real effort to avoid any Belkin products.

OTOH I spoke to my publisher the other day about my book and she said that I should get people to review it (i.e. favourably) on Amazon.
I think that is probably legitimate as they will have read it and they do not work for me, and I would have no control over what they wrote, but would be interested to know if I am selling out.