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Originally Posted by Sonist
Since JKR's turned out to be somewhat on the greedy side, and is taking such a strong stance against making her work available electronically, I was thinking: Shouldn't the British public be entitled to some of her profits?
JKR was paid from the public pot, while she was unemployed.
While others went out to look for work, she was using the public's money to sit in coffee shops, writing her books.
"Work for hire," if you ask me.... Thus, HP should be in the public domain.
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First of all, get your facts straight. You want your government to own it. If it's in the public domain then no one owns it.
Second, she wrote the first novel while on the dole; not any of the rest.
Third, you are basically saying that if anyone buys anything while on the dole, it should belong to your government.
Finally, given how much she's paid in taxes on her millions I would say your government has been more than paid back.