On Tue, November 21, 2006 5:42 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 03:58:19PM -0800, Stewart Stremler wrote: >> Um, no, the reason copyright was "necessary" was because printing was >> CHEAP, not because it was expensive. > > Are you sure? A printer who 'steals' another printer's work might have > *cheaper* expenses but is it really *cheap*? > > They must pay for the paper for *each* book. They must set the press for > *each* page. Labor costs, materials costs, on and on. > > Doesn't look cheap to me. > > Chris
Cheap compared with writing a good book. -- Lan Barnes Tcl/Tk Enthusiast SCM Analyst Linux Guy Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
