On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Mike Oliver <mikeoliver[_at_]home.com> wrote:
>
> Even if only one person engages in original expression because of the
> protection afforded by copyright law, that's enough for me to believe
> its worthwhile. That they might have the power to exact a fee for
> us to use or enjoy it is an expected by-product of our system of
> capitalism. If they abuse that power (price gouge etc.) there are
> enough options now that I'll just choose a different copyrighted work.
That is, if choosing a different copyrighted work IS one of the options. In books needed for classes, this is not always the case. I can fairly well count on finding alternate editions of classic literature that a professor may choose from, but not computational physics.
Barb
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Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 15:30:01 GMT
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