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Originally Posted by Hogan
As to the people saying that you give up your claim when you sell the product (ebook in this case) .... seriously, get a grip.
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I was saying that outside of the copyright law you do not have a claim in the first place. Then there is nothing to give up. You can keep your work to yourself or share it.
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Originally Posted by Hogan
So you'd be happy for an author to sell their first copy of a book, and have that purchaser send copies to everyone else who wanted one? There wouldn't be many authors left if that was the case.
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No, I wouldn't be happy. That's why a reasonable copyright law that benefits the actual authors would be a good thing. Without the copyright law, we would have to come up with other sets of incentives for authors (that is in addition to the desire to create and share if it is not sufficient). In the past, the royalty and the wealthy financed authors and artists. I find it not agreeable. There could be a public stipend for content creators, which is also not acceptable for me personally. So, a copyright law narrowly tailored to provide sufficient incentives to authors without stifling the public domain (the current public domain is a joke) would be the proper answer. Our culture should not be an investment asset for speculators at the NYSE.
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Originally Posted by Hogan
When an author sells you a book, you get a single license for that book.
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No, it is the author who receives a public license to control distribution for a limited time under the copyright law. What I am saying is that we, the society, should watch closely what license we give to authors. Now, Disneys grab what they want without asking us.