Re: Snooze/lose (Was: Academics and coursepacks)

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
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> Why, then, is there a push to extend the copyright terms if the
> publishers do not "use up" what they have now?

     It's generally because new technologies keep extending the useful life, that is, the saleability, of old works. It's easy to see how this works with movies and music, but it's also becoming true for plain old-fashioned books. There are audio recordings of books, for example, and print-on-demand Web sites.

• Mike Bradley National Writers Union <michael[_at_]vision-soft.com>