Re: [IFWP] RE: who tells the quill holder what to write?

[Christopher Ambler]

> There is a more fundamental problem with the "20 year deals", or any 
> similar scheme: a creative monopolist can always find ways to get 
> around them.  "Oh we are so sorry that our old server is only 
> capable of handling 20 hits a minute.  You need to upgrade to our 
> new, premium plan..."  A 20 year contract is a bandaid to cover a 
> particular abuse, but we can't possibly think of all possible ways a 
> monopolist could exploit their position.  You need to deal with the 
> root cause, the monopoly.

Even a non-profit can do this.

If it's how you do business, fine. It's not how I do business.

Christopher