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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
The comparison of a house mortgage against a book (where anyone can do without it and if they do buy it we're talking 25 dollars or so) really doesn't work for me. The public doesn't need or deserve a work for free just because a person died. Yes, copyright can be taken to extremes, but really. A house an mean quality of life and survival. A book is a luxury. So are most forms of art, be they movies, paintings or whatever.
With a house, if the mortgage can't be paid, it is simply sold and any profit if there is, DOES get passed to the heirs.
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I did not say a house mortgage. I said an unsecured mortgage (one with no collateral). I used mortgage to stand for a long-term debt. You may prefer bond if you wish.
My point is, that the hallmark of any fair deal is that if you turn the terms around, it would still be considered by most people to be a fair deal. So, I am turning the terms around. Instead of money going in, I describe money going out with the same terms. After all, from the public's viewpoint, the money
is going out. And when I look at it that way, it sure doesn't seem to be a fair deal....