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Originally Posted by shalym
What in the world are you talking about?? I'm talking about paying $20 per year to keep a copyright alive. Who are the penalty police? If a book is being sold, then of course they will be taxed on the income that comes from the book, but if it's not, then why would they be taxed or "penalized"? Nobody is "penalizing" anyone.
With my idea, it wouldn't matter if you printed 5 copies, or 1,000 copies, or no copies--you pay your $20 per year to keep the copyright alive. There's no penalty for publishing or not publishing, except, as I said, for the income tax that may have to be paid on any sold copies.
Shari
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Why should she have to pay $20 to keep her property?
Secondly, please name me one book not in print that would actually benefit humanity?