Re: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress

From: Michael Scarpitti <MScarpit[_at_]asnt.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:54:45 -0500

On Thu, Oct 29, 1998, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> Depending on your sources of statistics, I believe a third or more
> of books published each year are reprints. Many new books collect
> and revise earlier works, never counted as reprints in statistics.
>
> If a book is not reprinted ad inifinitum it may be all or partically
> obsolete in the eyes of potential publishers.

Well, then, why keep the copyright at all?

Michael A Scarpitti
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e-mail mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org Received on Fri Oct 30 1998 - 14:54:21 GMT

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