Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

On 04, August 1998, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/31/98, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
> >
> > The trouble with this is that publishers don't really compete on
> > price, but on authors.
>
> This is not entirely true. There are plenty of public domain
> title listed for sale by multiple publishers in BOOKS IN PRINT.
> Look up Melville, Plato, Shakespeare, etc. etc.
>
> You will see that prices vary as do bindings and, on closer
> inspection, manufacturing, distribution, and insertion of
> added materials.

The discussion has been about COPYRIGHTED material, not public domain. Can anybody buy a new Stephen King novel from more than one publisher? Not generally.

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<mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> Received on Wed Aug 05 1998 - 15:13:37 GMT