On Wednesday 13 February 2013 23:09:47 Al Thompson wrote: > On 02/13/2013 02:26 PM, drew Roberts wrote: > >> Well, the Pengiun folks are breaking a law, since the things they copy > >> are public domain. > > > > Is it safe to assume that that is a typo and you meant they are not > > breaking the law since those works are in the public domain? > > Yes, that's a safe, and correct, assumption!!! Dang it! > > >> They are not infringing any copyrights, and are not > >> making use of someone's property illegally. > > > > When did the book go from being the property of Dickens or his heirs to > > being the property of the public? Does a bit of land work that way? Or a > > sofa? > > I would have to research Dickens' works, but I know that at one time, > copyrights were issued for a fixed term of years (17 comes to mind), and > could be renewed once. Then the laws were changed so that a copyright > was good for some number of years after an author's death. Right but does your land or sofa pass into the publics possession after a period of time? > > > How can the Penguin folks make money printing and selling these books > > when any other company anywhere in the world can do the same without > > paying them a fee? > > Maybe there's not a market for it, since the material is available for > free. There is a market for it. I have bought such books in the past and will happily do so again. > > >> From what I've seen, people buy pirated DVDs because they either don't > >> have a DVD burner, or they believe that it is safer to buy it for cash > >> at some flea market where there is no paper trail leading to them. > > > > So, why do they buy from the people who do not support the artists they > > like rather then from the people who do support the artists they like? > > What drives them to do this to bands they love? > > They probably buy from the pirates for the reasons I stated, plus the > fact that the pirates sell their pirated DVDs for $5. Everyone claims > to love a particular band and their music, but nobody considers that by > buying the pirated DVD or CD, they are denying their "favorite artist" > whatever income they should have gotten from the sale of that CD/DVD. And so the artist is not doing a decent job of communication with his fans then right? You are aware that people are rasining up front money from fans to make their albums right? all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
