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.

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