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On Wednesday 13 February 2013 23:09:47 Al Thompson wrote:

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> On 02/13/2013 02:26 PM, drew Roberts wrote:

> >> Well, the Pengiun folks are breaking a law, since the things they copy

> >> are public domain.

> >

> > Is it safe to assume that that is a typo and you meant they are not

> > breaking the law since those works are in the public domain?

>

> Yes, that's a safe, and correct, assumption!!!  Dang it!

>

> >> They are not infringing any copyrights, and are not

> >> making use of someone's property illegally.

> >

> > When did the book go from being the property of Dickens or his heirs to

> > being the property of the public? Does a bit of land work that way? Or a

> > sofa?

>

> I would have to research Dickens' works, but I know that at one time,

> copyrights were issued for a fixed term of years (17 comes to mind), and

> could be renewed once.  Then the laws were changed so that a copyright

> was good for some number of years after an author's death.

Right but does your land or sofa pass into the publics possession after a

period of time?

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> > How can the Penguin folks make money printing and selling these books

> > when any other company anywhere in the world can do the same without

> > paying them a fee?

>

> Maybe there's not a market for it, since the material is available for

> free.

There is a market for it. I have bought such books in the past and will

happily do so again.

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> >> From what I've seen, people buy pirated DVDs because they either don't

> >> have a DVD burner, or they believe that it is safer to buy it for cash

> >> at some flea market where there is no paper trail leading to them.

> >

> > So, why do they buy from the people who do not support the artists they

> > like rather then from the people who do support the artists they like?

> > What drives them to do this to bands they love?

>

> They probably buy from the pirates for the reasons I stated, plus the

> fact that the pirates sell their pirated DVDs for .  Everyone claims

> to love a particular band and their music, but nobody considers that by

> buying the pirated DVD or CD, they are denying their "favorite artist"

> whatever income they should have gotten from the sale of that CD/DVD.

And so the artist is not doing a decent job of communication with his fans

then right? 
You are aware that people are rasining up front money from fans to make their

albums right?
all the best,
drew

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