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Date:      Fri, 04 May 2001 09:40:02 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Publishers attacks on public rights.
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At 09:29 AM 5/4/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

>Some of the examples have occured. You just need to look harder.

You are being alarmist. Yes, there are some practices that have
been in place for many years to ensure that libraries do not
destroy publishers' markets, but none of these have particularly
escalated. In fact, we in America are BEHIND the curve in terms
of rights enforcement. In Europe and elsewhere, royalties are
collected from copy machines and distributed to authors. This 
is not done in the US.

I strongly recommend Jessica Litman's book, which is mentioned
in the paper. It has a much better sense of perspective than
you've displayed here.

--Brett



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