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Originally Posted by DarkScribe
Umbrage eh? Ok, take some more. It's free.
You are not the norm, as if you were places like Gutenberg would be providing one hell of a lot more texts - per capita - than they do. I have been working - volunteering - with them for years and am still amazed at how little real interest there is in the huge quantity of great literature that is freely available. Many people when they first get an eReader grab a few free books, but few seem to continue to do so. If any of the "statistics" for pirating books are close to true, far more people pirate books than choose free public domain books. If they are pirating books then they are clearly readers, but as so many ignore great literature for modern - often trashy - alternatives, they are not too discerning. I doubt that the status quo would change very much if copyright was reduced.
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If PG isn't utilised as much today as it could be (and I don't know any statistics relating to PG usage), that is not an argument as to the role and aims of PG, nor how it may be used in the future, immediate and long term.
How I see it is that PG keeps authors/titles alive and accessible where otherwise, for whatever reasons, they may be buried.
Yes there are so many more books yet to be entered onto their databases, and hopefully it will be a never ending task as fiction and non-fiction books come out of copyright each year.
The resource role of PG can't be understated, or under estimated and copyright duration affects its use as a research base, because it affects the authors/titles that can input onto it.
As to whether or not I am 'the norm' for any type of behaviour, well I'd hesitate to think that I was - much rather be independent of thought and action.
PS: 'umbrage' just rattled off my (keying) fingers as the most apt word/expression for the sentiments I was expressing.
If that word has added to the 'interesting not often used words I've seen today' category - then jolly good!!!
