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Originally Posted by stonetools
Defending copyright is a great thing , according to Ms. Ursula K. Leguin.
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Now of course, she is one of the greatest SF authors of all time and quite au courant with all things Internet, but what does she know? |
Dead writers don't live in poverty...
"Fact: Copyright is a limited and carefully designed law to protect authors from poverty. It allows authors control over the rights in their books, so that they, like any worker, can make what profit they can from their work."
I can live with that. But Life + 50? Life + 70? Keep stretching it to infinity minus 1? That doesn't benefit "the author", it benefits the middle man. That's where my beef comes from. I have no problem with authors deciding to cut out the middle man. I'm an independent contractor, and I may or may not farm out some of my marketing. I choose, not the middleman. And when I die, I get no more money from my work. Same as a Doctor, Lawyer, or Plumber - even if my work is used for another 100 years. So why are writers
special?