tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post111622972579157311..comments2023-07-11T08:11:27.571-04:00Comments on Ragamuffin Ramblings: File sharing and the "Creative Communist" evolution...Steve F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12697100521186605498noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1117132442332992462005-05-26T14:34:00.000-04:002005-05-26T14:34:00.000-04:00Good point there TN. I do have fond memories of f...Good point there TN. I do have fond memories of friends and acquaintances (my brother being one of them) in college checking their textbooks out of the library copying the necessary pages for each week's assignment. That way, they didn't have to pay the exhorbitant bookstore fees for each semester's textbooks. It happens....APNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948999335229188006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1117118862139710812005-05-26T10:47:00.000-04:002005-05-26T10:47:00.000-04:00Is the copyright sign backwards or upsidedown. I g...Is the copyright sign backwards or upsidedown. I guess it is how you look at it. <BR/><BR/>I am with Steve on the old stuff. If the publishers cannot sell enough copies to justify copy and distribute material (books, music or movies), then place it in a data warehouse somewhere for us to download at a nominal fee.<BR/><BR/>Has anybody seen a copy of Yellow Beard (of Monty Python fame) on DVD?<BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1117074827976738572005-05-25T22:33:00.000-04:002005-05-25T22:33:00.000-04:00N,I can agree to a point. However, how many peopl...N,<BR/>I can agree to a point. However, how many people go to the library, check out John Grisham's latest then go to Kinko's, make several thousand copies of the book and give it away?TN Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337932588414375173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457030.post-1117067041588055842005-05-25T20:24:00.000-04:002005-05-25T20:24:00.000-04:00My whole opinion during this "intellectual propert...My whole opinion during this "intellectual property" discussion of the past 5-7 years has concerned the literary side of the debate. Does an author get royalties of any kind every time that someone checks a book out from the public library or ANY kind of library (church, personal, or otherwise)?? I know that libraries pay for the copies of the books on their shelves, but do they pay John APNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948999335229188006noreply@blogger.com