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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I suspect that some people think that holding a copyright is a potential gold mine. They are thinking they are going to get Tolkien or Rowling type money rather than make it available for free.
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Maybe if the book is in print and they are getting some sort of statement from the publisher, but something that is out of print?
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Yep. For the one I'm thinking of, her father's writings did get used for tv and maybe some movie scripts as well.
And my idea of Amazon doing what I outlined is pie in the sky; why would they spend the time and money on free books? Even if they did I doubt that they'd bother to share the raw text with anyone else. Maybe if someone donated millions to Project Gutenberg they could mount a campaign to get the word out about the potential advantages of CC-SA, but I'm not holding my breath.