On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:38:35AM -0800, Rachel Garrett wrote: > Percentages aside, if the publishers did not benefit, do you think the > authors would stand a chance? They're able to benefit *because* the > publishers can benefit.
Yes, pre-Internet this is correct. With the Internet this is no longer true. > You seem to be saying that copyright as it stands now does not benefit > authors, that 99% of creative people make no money from copyright, and > therefore they must be creating for some reason other than financial > gain. Your conclusion is that if we take away the copyright, it will > not affect the authors' creativity. Is this a correct summary? Pretty much yes. I based that on anecdotal evidence but would like stronger evidence to support that if true. cs -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
