"Free copies of my autobiography?
Somebody's going to get sued!"
It's been said - even sung - that the best things in life are free. And while I'm not quite ready yet for that far-off Star Trek future in which we abandon all forms of monetary exchange, it's certainly true in the present day that you can sometimes find some good stuff for free on the Internet, even when you're searching for something else.
The "serendipitous search" method was how I ran across these pages, which appear to contain the full text in English of the best-selling book Miles: The Autobiography, written by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, and Troupe's own memoir of the trumpeter, Miles and Me. (The texts are available as .zip files, too.) Both books are interesting reads, and well worth the time for any jazz fan to peruse.
(I'm reasonably sure this form of distribution probably violates a whole bunch of copyright laws, but since the rest of the text on the site is in Cyrillic, the site owners would seem to be located somewhere beyond the reach of U.S. law. As for readers, I would discourage you from printing up copies of the books and selling them, but merely reading the text would seem to fall squarely under the "fair use" portion of copyright law. Please note that I am not a lawyer, and these links are offered for your information and entertainment, with no warranties or guarantees expressed or implied. Caveat lector.)
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