Thank you for the link!! Al On 4/29/2017 8:23 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
The reason that I only work within the public domain is because of the misconception that copyright monopolies are the only means by which artists and authors may be paid for their work. However, this is a myth that has been propagated since the copyright monopoly was originally decreed by the King of England in the 16th century, who, in order to control seditious publications at that time, designated a single publishing firm of his choosing, that any and all authors who wished to have anything at all printed were compelled to use. Naturally, this firm would not accept any material that in any way painted the government in a less than perfect light, and all other printing by any other individual or company was a criminal act. The next king was much more in favor of openness, and would have allowed any and all publication to flourish once again, but the former king's chosen publishing firm was sitting rather pretty financially, and petitioned Parliament to allow them to continue to have the monopoly, citing of course putting food on the table and supporting families as the reason to allow the monopoly to continue to exist. This gave rise to what we now call copyright, which continues to propagate these myths to this day. As it turns out, now more than ever, we have technology that will allow artists and authors to be fairly compensated for their work without censorship or monopoly of any kind, but this technology is seen by the powers that be as a threat rather than an alternative solution. For further information explained in a better way than I can do in an e-mail, have a look at http://questioncopyright.org/promise Also, the rest of the questioncopyright.org site has even more really good information about what a copyright monopoly is, what it is not and how to best debunk the myths surrounding it. Hope this helps, at least a little. ~Kyle _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
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