> Craig, the Guild is most definitely defending an existing business. > The audio book business is the one part of publishing that's making > money.
The audiobook business is very definitely not book owners in their private homes using algorithms to read a book that they legally purchased. The two are about as close as using the VCR and attending a movie theatre, or using a cassette recorder and attending a concert -- which of course in both cases are examples of devices that the channel controllers tried to crush. If the Guild pursues this, they'll be seeking to invent new property rights, which is what happens again and again in similar cases: the channel controllers chip away at fair use and pursue ever greater copyright control by claiming that digital tools are going to put artists in the poorhouse. The predictions have consistently proven false -- books are still selling, people still buy music and go to the movie theatre, people still watch television, people still buy movies, and audiobooks will continue to sell well -- but certain interests will succeed in grabbing powers that shrink the cultural commons ever smaller. cd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
