Posted by Gary P on 11/05/05 18:29

"AnthonyR" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Guidry" <steveguidry@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>> Is it copyright law that you don't like?
>>
>> It's pretty clear that many folks in this forum don't respect copyright
>> laws. And also pretty clear that a LOT of them wouldn't agree that
>> copyright laws are a good thing. Further, it seems to me that which side
>> of
>> the copyright issue you're on depends largely upon whether or not the
>> person
>> has ever created a copyrighted work.

> Hey Steve,

> But if I were to write a book, I would love for people to BUY it, but more
> importantly to me, would be for people to read it!

Good point. Look at the abortion that is the art market. Painter does a
painting to encourage people to see the world in a new way. Possibly doesn't
sell in his lifetime. Gets sold later at such exorbitant prices that only a
millionaire can buy it to put in the bathroom of his yacht. There's a point
where the aims of capital and copyright and the aims of art do not coincide
at all.

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