Re: droit de suite

On Thu, Apr 06, 2000, Pat Sloane <patsloane[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/06/2000, Lynn Winebarger <owinebar[_at_]free-expression.org> wrote:
> >
> > In the absence of copyright on the text, I doubt you'd _have_ to pay
> > much more than the cost of the paper and ink for a copy.
>
> You're assuming that individual publishers will generously waive
> any profit, which isn't likely to happen in a capitalist society.
> You might want to check the prices for editions of Shakespeare
> plays in any bookstore. It's well in excess of "the cost of the
> paper and ink."

and editing? and design? and typesetting? and binding? and packaging? and promotion? and distribution?

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