I agree with you on almost everything you say, Claude. The exception is the
possible suggestion -- I'm not sure you mean to say this -- that because print
piracy has such a long history, we should be grateful that digital piracy is
less threatening
Just the fact that Yahoo and Google announ
Sharon, I think you're exactly right. Books and journals sold in digital,
downloadable form could be priced without the cost of paper, printing, binding,
and distribution, and probably with a smaller discount to the retailer. And
authors could get royalties, and publishers could receive a reason
Does anyone else think it is unethical (as well as illegal) to digitize works
that are protected by copyright? Don't the writers and producers of
intellectual and artistic property own their works and have the right to
control how they are distributed?
(Don't Google and Yahoo and the university
