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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I am concerned about education, because it does seem wrong on so many levels. Yes there is a massive global public domain, but that does not mean the book anyone might need at any specific point in time or space is currently within the domain.
Why should we have to lobby for things like access to texts?
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Sigh... Nothing will guarantee that the book you might need is in the public domain. Before a book can exist in the public domain, it has to exist first, and has to be published in some fashion.
Copyright, by allowing authors and publishers to profit on the books they publish provides an incentive for the author to both write and publish their work (and in the case of many authors, the means by which they can write many more books).
As it is now, the vast majority of books in copyright can be obtained for relatively little money (buy two ebook novels a week, and you are still below the cost of cable; try to read half your books from the public domain and save even more!). I would prefer pay for the books I need because it helps ensure that the books I need will exist!