What if there were no copyright? How would authors and publishers make money? FutureBook discusses an alternate future with a member of the Pirate Party International. Copyright, as we know it, is a relatively new thing, hard fought for by authors. Mark Twain had a number of comments on the subject, none of them favorable to how things were handled in his time. The more things change, the more they remain much the same...
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Is the Future the End of Copyright?
2010.11.12 in Books, Commentary, Publishing | Permalink
Tags: copyright, future of publishing, Mark Twain, Pirate Party
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