Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

On 8/14/98, Michael A. Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
>
> You seem to have a knack for catching the end of a trail of messages and
> drawing incorrect conclusions. Let's say I want to buy (not borrow) a
> book published in 1981 (Approaches to Translation by Peter Newmark).
> Let's say I go to my friendly neighborhood college bookstore and try to
> order it. Let's say I get back a notice saying "out of print"? I go to
> Bibliofind on the network and try a search, which comes up empty. Now,
> Mr. Henderson, you tell me: What the hell am I supposed to do?

Oh let's see...

Contact the publisher? Contact the author? Scour the used bookstores? Call a book search service?

The one thing you are *not* "supposed to do" -- take a copy out of the library and make a copy of it -- appears to be the one thing you want to do.

Daniel J. Schaeffer
<daniel_schaeffer[_at_]kirkland.com> Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 14:09:11 GMT