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Old 12-15-2018, 06:33 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I see no benefit other that making it politically possible. My two competing concerns are getting the author as much money as possible and making sure the books are widely available. I do think that the pendulum has gone way too far in the copyright holders direction and there needs to be a correction. I do like the idea of books going into a licensing arrangement after a given amount of time. There are no perfect solutions that everyone is going to agree on. I wish there were.
I thought this was the case. It would be a small price to pay for making it politically possible if it did have that effect. Your competing concerns and mine are the same. And unfortunately the way the system has developed has resulted in its domination by usually large corporate rights owners who work against both aims.
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