tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post6147661727834245271..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Intellectual Monopolists on the Back FootGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-48038502553141004472009-01-26T17:56:00.000+00:002009-01-26T17:56:00.000+00:00that's exactly why I used the term "fat cats": I'm...that's exactly why I used the term "fat cats": I'm not refering to the artists or authors, but the middlemen who make most of the money. That's why all these plans to increase copyright term are so flawed: even if they did bring in more money - which they won't, at least not much - it wouldn't go to the people who deserved it. We need a completely different system that ensures artists and authors are rewarded for their work.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-39635113089761752332009-01-26T17:20:00.000+00:002009-01-26T17:20:00.000+00:00Ireally wonder about this. the moment you claim 'f...Ireally wonder about this. the moment you claim 'fat cats' this focus is so partial to rights as to make discussion difficult.<BR/><BR/>Most rights holders earn little, and even the majority of publishers do not prosper in the way you suggest. Today it is estiamted that some 300,000 books in the US are now published by small publishers and self-publishers.<BR/><BR/>Without good copyringht and IP law few of them would do so, and the majority of authors would be unlikely to do so either.<BR/><BR/>The need to limit the abuse of copyright law by big interests is there. Killing IP law will hit the wrong people.<BR/><BR/>Joseph HarrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com