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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:40:07 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> > I wouldn't be surprised to see Borders Books and Barns and Noble go out
> > of buisiness in the next 50 years, because the good books won't be sold
> > by them, and even the bad books will be sold over the internet, all
> > directly by the author.
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> Maybe, but the only way that'll happen is if paper books are eliminated,
> which I don't think will happen until some kind of copy-prevention can be
> deployed to protect electronic books. Even so, the cost, effort, and
> logistics of putting a book together and marketing it will guarantee
> publishers a piece of the pie for the foreseeable future.
People who write worthwhile material will be supported irrespective of
ability to copy protect their work. In fact, ultimately, the consumers
will protect the works (why should I let you read my copy of XYZ, when
you can download it yourself, and chose to pay what you think it is
worth [Todd - if you're reading, and willing to divulge, what is the
average pledge to Lugnet?]). The logistics of internet distribution are
trivial compared to the effort required to create the work in the first
place. Marketting is also trivial (Todd - how much have you spent on
marketting Lugnet?).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) Where and when is this magical land? And how does one get there, because clearly this philosophy has little to do with the state of the market today, or of any time in the past four centuries, since the concept of authorship came to the fore. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That makes a lot of sense. My concern, at present--and forgive me for lapsing into my own pet crusade for a moment--is that the scourge of Postmodernism, among others, has yielded an unprecedented load of manure, and many (not here, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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