On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 03:36:05PM -0800, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > If a creator can't derive *any* benefit, some will avoid the field > altogether, and we are all impoverished.
Probably the most astounding point I can try to leave you with is that copyright was never designed to subsidize creation but rather to subsidize *distribution*. It was an idea invented by printers to benefit printers. Authors never had a say in the matter. 400 years laters things are the same! Who are the people championing copyright? The distributors! (record companies, Hollywood, publishers, etc.) Sure there are a few stars like Beatles, Stephen King and Spielberg but *vast majority* of creators see little if any copyright revenue! Do a poll of people you know (e.g. KPLUG). How many of them make *any* copyright $? If you find someone...I'll bet he/she doesn't make much. So it can't be true that copyright is what is motivating 99.99% of the creativity going on! Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
