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Originally Posted by DNSB
An interesting take on the expiry of copyright. I take it you feel that copyright should be in perpetuity? For example, a book written 140 years ago where the author has long since died and there are no known heirs should not be freely available since that would marginalize the rights of the the creator.
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No, I mean that if creators let go off their rights, volunteer formatters should refrain from becoming moral police for PD works.
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So far it would appear that the traditional publishing industry is taking a hit but the self-publishing industry is doing well. There are quite a few people/companies already keeping the "classics" alive. That does seem to be a rather small pool with some large frogs already dwelling in it.
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Good point - though I am yet to hear a big number of self published writers claiming they are doing well. They usually feel Amazon is ripping them off with ad money.
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I wish you the best of luck. However the lack of an archivable format is a deal breaker to me. I have unfond memories of purchasing ebooks that would have been rendered unreadable when the publisher ranging from companies such as Microsoft down to 1 person operations dropped the ebook business, went bankrupt, whatever. If I can't remove the DRM and save a copy on my hardware, my money stays in my pocket.
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Thanks for the wishes.
That's an interesting piece feedback. I will consider a popular friendly format then.