Sharon, I think you're exactly right. Books and journals sold in digital, downloadable form could be priced without the cost of paper, printing, binding, and distribution, and probably with a smaller discount to the retailer. And authors could get royalties, and publishers could receive a reasonable return on their investment.
One of the big forces working against this is the academic tenure system, which at most institutions recognizes only printed books and journal articles as part of one's bibliography when applying for tenure. It would take a widespread change in academe as well as publishers to enable meaningful movement toward digitized original works. Sarah Blackmun > > From: "Sharon V Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/13 Thu PM 12:58:47 EDT > To: "'The Digital Divide Network discussion group'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [DDN] Intellectual Property Rights > > I do believe that writers and artist should control how they work is > distributed - but as we look forward, maybe all these works need to be > digitized and the writers and artist get royalties from the digitized > copies. Soon, no one will want to buy or store all the books they read > or use for research. They will want digitized copies to have has a > reference. Let's learn from I Pods - we still buy the music but not the > record (am I telling my age - I should have said CD). We already pay for > copies of reports and works of art to share with our students who may > never get to the Louvre. This could be a win win. This is already > starting in the movie industry too. Let wake up the educational systems > and start viewing other ways of get information out then just books. > > Sharon Valear Robinson, Ed.D. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DDN] Intellectual Property Rights > > Does anyone else think it is unethical (as well as illegal) to digitize > works that are protected by copyright? Don't the writers and producers > of intellectual and artistic property own their works and have the right > to control how they are distributed? > > (Don't Google and Yahoo and the university libraries know this? Of > course they do!) > > Do we have on this list any authors in the group who depend for their > livings (or a part thereof) on the royalties they receive from books, > music, film, etc.? And will they continue to publish such works if they > can't receive a fair recompense for them? > > What will be the long-term impact on intellectual and artistic > production if everything is in the public domain as soon as it is > published? > > Sarah Blackmun > Former Senior Vice President > Harcourt Brace Publishing Group > > > > > > From: Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/10/12 Wed PM 05:51:26 EDT > > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop > > > > Actually, by doing some research on the darker side of the internet, > > I've found some people who scan/photograph books, use optical > character > > recognition, and create eBooks. Apparently, there's a big underground > > following. Some of the server statistics show over 100,000 downloads > of > > some books. > > > > But those folks are always shifting, and would be hard to find... > > > > David P. Dillard wrote: > > > > >Scanning of books with a camera has been going on in libraries since > the > > >advent of digital cameras and to a limited degree with regular > cameras > > >before the advent of the digital camera. The drawback before the > digital > > >camera was the cost and difficulty of processing film. Now with > digital > > >cameras it is probably a widespread practice. > > > > > > > > >Sincerely, > > >David Dillard > > >Temple University > > >(215) 204 - 4584 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> > > ><http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> > > ><http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> > > ><http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> > > ><http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> > > >Digital Divide Network > > ><http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> > > > > > >==================================================== > > > > > >On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Taran Rampersad wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>You know, it's a matter of time before digital cells with cameras > (or > > >>just plain cameras) are used to copy books out of libraries. Would > that > > >>be a bad thing? :-) > > >> > > >>David P. Dillard wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Cell phones are not just getting attention on campuses in general > as per > > >>>your statement, but they have also been a major concern in > libraries in > > >>>particular. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>-- > > >>Taran Rampersad > > >>Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >>http://www.knowprose.com > > >>http://www.easylum.net > > >>http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran > > >> > > >>Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com > > >> > > >>"Criticize by creating." ? 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