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Originally Posted by Leyor
I personally believe that the best future actually exists in derivatives. Just as it did in Germany in those old days. Competing with copies by making a more attractive product, or an ecosystem that increases derivative income, actually promoting profiliation of the work. Instead of selling 100 books, and earning 1 dollars each. You give away 1000 books, and your fans pay you 200 dollars for fine leatherbound editions they want in their library, or 100 on an author tour. (These arent nescessarily the best examples, I am just trying to illustrate a principle). It's already happening in other industries.
We tend to discuss Copyright mostly in terms of price and ownership. But one other thing I think is important is artistic integrity. The right for you to have your work represented in the way you originally envisioned it. While others can copy it, try to improve it. Use your formula to create an even better vaccine. And for the good of all of us, that really should be possible
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Sometimes the derivatives, i.e. fanfics are better then the originals.
Creating a leatherbound edition for your fans, that sounds like a donation to me and such a system of compensation would not need copyright to function. The fans would know that the particular leather bound edition they are buying is endorsed by the author.
It might occur that a fanboy will create an eelskin bound multivolume set of the author's entire work and distribute it to anyone at cost of production.
Which would you prefer? And Why?