Re: orphans, doing something (was what are orphan works?)

On 10/1/09, jon <jonjermey-sFbbPxZDHXw0n/[email protected]> wrote:
> Erica Frank wrote:
>  >
>  > And EVERYONE wants something useful out of this. Everyone likes the
>  > idea of online archives of obscure or otherwise unavailable materials.
>  > (Some people prefer that all that material is opt-in, rather than
>  > opt-out--but everyone hopes lots of people opt in.)
>
>
> This is an overgeneralisation. Anyone who makes a living by selling new
>  material is going to be doing their damndest to limit public access to
>  the vast amounts of older, cheaper, sometimes better material that they
>  don't control. This is why traditional publishers are fighting so hard
>  against any loosening of copyright, in fact or in law. If you control
>  supply, you control price.

You're very right; I'm sorry I missed that. Erm. "Everyone human wants
something useful out of this?" I sometimes forget that corporations
have their own "goals" and they don't match human ones.

AFAIK, no individual has said, "online archive of old material?  I
personally would hate such a thing to exist!" (Although I have heard,
"It couldn't possibly be done *right* and therefore shouldn't be
tried.) But from some group & company actions, "block it all" does
seem to be the motive.



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