<<No matter how much a few of us enjoy it, I'm afraid  Cathy's "revolution" 
may be a quirky lace that fewer and fewer people bother  with.>>


It is too bad that there doesn't seem to be some way that  Cathy could make 
her book available as an internet download, or self-publish via  the one at 
a time publishing facilities that have been discussed so that she  could 
earn some money for her intellectual property. Has anybody talked to her  
about this? If she doesn't want to bother with it, perhaps she wouldn't mind if 
 
someone like Robin photocopied the book for classes and sent her some  
small per copy fee.
 
The purpose of the copy right law, in the US, at  least, is to encourage 
the development of intellectual property to benefit  everyone by giving the 
creator a short time monopoly on it so that there is a  financial incentive to 
create intellectual property. It is a shame when the  impact is the 
creation of intellectual property that is then withheld from all  those who 
would 
like to have access to it. 
 
This is the exact opposite of the purpose of the US copyright  law. 
 
Devon
 
PS. I know a folk singer who actually puts on his music that  he knows that 
people are going to play his music, sing it and share the  recordings at 
folk gatherings, and if someone records the song he doesn't mind,  but 
suggests that they send him $2 and gives his address. I think it is a nice  
solution to the situation where everyone wants to do the right  thing.

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