... Thinking about what you said I remembered the Oreilly OpenBook site. Oreilly is a book publisher, one of the biggest and most respected publishers of...
O'Reilly hasn't been that generous with the free books. A publisher that has is Baen Books - http://www.baen.com/library/ - which has a free library. They...
... But under that proposal, you're effectively taking away an author's right to do what they want with their works. There may be a very legitimate reason why...
I agree that writers should have the ultimate say about their books and be able to control publishing rights. But the internet has changed things. It used to...
I'm listening to The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It is a long book - about 18 hours - but has been interesting from the get go and I'm now about...
Jim, I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. If this author is in the public domain, anyone can reprint her works whether on or off the internet. The...
No, I'm concerned with the orphans - those people whose work is published after public domain (1924-26?) and modern times. Books, records, DVDs are easy to...
... publisher ... a free ... They ... volume ... you ... more ... None of these guys are being generous. They're making business decisions. Baen is giving...
If the copyright laws are changed as you suggest, it would affect more than just authors of what we commonly refer to as "books". The same laws apply to folks...
... Wrong! Authors have no inalianable right to do anything they want forever with any combination of letters, including their own. This was discussed at...
By generous, I meant that Baen actually gives away a bunch of books that people would actually like to read. O'Reilly is putting up older editions of computer...
I think one solution for copyrights is if the author/creator/whatever can keep his work in the market place so it's readily available then they have the rights...
That sounds like a very interesting book. Please let me know if I continues to be great listening. ... From: Anita Paque To: audible@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
... The ... much ... used. ... regarding ... on ... work ... Once something goes into public domain anybody can do anything they want with it. But they can't...
... All well and fine, as an exercise in history, but the fact of the matter, as you note, is that in practice, this isn't the case. Just because Madison wrote...
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I think its right for the author to be able to make as much money as possible on their work. But if marketing fails, should copyright laws keep a work...
Nope, you cannot even contact them..:(..--Phyllis ... From: "Margaret Brock" <mopdah@...> To: <audible@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30,...
... I wasn't really talking about the Federalist papers, although I think they deserve much serious thought as well. But they're a different topic. Madison...
... I just watched the first 25 or so minutes of the movie "Hearts in Atlantis" based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. I have a lot of respect for...
The prices of these have just dropped drastically. Probably because they're now just making the Zen Nano and Zen Nano Plus and are selling these off. Anyway...
I've been in on a lot of copyright discussions over the past few years - photographers, writers, artists, pattern makers and so on. Some (lots) of the...
I agree Barry. Heart's in Atlantis is a lovely book and Hurt was fabulous. Too bad about King but then he loves doing some of the narration. I really like some...
I'm a cook. I suppose it's like a recipe. You can't copyright a recipe only the description of the recipe. terry "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in...
I've read the book and seen the movie - enjoyed both! I will put that on my list of must have books. I have "The Green Mile" narrated by Frank Muller - and...
Ahhhh, Doesn't every miss Frank. I cherish the books he's done. terry "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling, chopping, and stirring...
... then ... the ... and ... picture ... pixels ... lately, ... is ... words ... published ... copyright ... them ... how ... book ... book ... wrote ... the ...
... Dark ... I liked "Delores Claiborne" but I think "Gerald's Game" is the worse of his books that I've listened to. Maybe the worse of anyone's books I've...
OK I won't LOL Actually, that's not true either - Yahoo owns the copyright 'cuz their agreement says so. Had a huge fight with someone on another Yahoo list...
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