Thread: Sherman Alexie still hates ebooks
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Old 12-04-2009, 04:34 PM   #131
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Originally Posted by dmikov View Post
That you listing as a benefit? Why just because you named corporation large and evil?
This is exactly the biggest evil of copyright, you cannot share culture. I am not talking about sharing books, I am talking about sharing ideas. Right or wrong you think it is. Do you think the collective we are better or worse without Forest Gump 2?
Of course it could've been like Speed 2 and then we are better off

So author got paid for the book he wrote (Gump 1) plus some hefty sum for movie, now you think it is awesome that he tried to hold movie company over the barrel over the book he never wrote i.e. no work that he performed. And you name the company big and evil?
Once again, not at all understanding what I'm saying, and changing my meaning.

The point was that the author was not payed fairly for the film -- the company tried to pay him nothing at all. So he withheld rights for the second film.

This is not just about cultural gain, it is also about fair compensation for authors. Copyright law protects authors so they can be fairly compensated.

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