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Old 03-31-2009, 05:55 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
If writing a book is just another job; maybe they could enter the public domain once the author has been sufficiently recompensed?

A system where a book goes into the PD after the author has made their £20,000 from it - or ten years since pub otherwise. Just a thought.
That's a great idea. Maybe even subsidise writers by paying them upfront a fixed fee for their work, and then putting the book immediately into the PD.
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