tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1450603856549512709..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Re-inventing Publishing for the Digital AgeGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-74425390693137763162010-07-29T14:06:46.416+00:002010-07-29T14:06:46.416+00:00The history of copyright is pretty tedious and dis...The history of copyright is pretty tedious and dismal so far. Unfortunately, its final, rather exciting and uplifting chapters haven't yet been written. So, I try to add a little humour here and there - taking the liberty to draw upon our shared culture without permission from a potentially constrictive Python or two.<br /><br />Thanks for tweeting a link to it. :)Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-20343506270903236252010-07-29T13:38:40.651+00:002010-07-29T13:38:40.651+00:00@Crosbie: thanks for those points (and the link......@Crosbie: thanks for those points (and the link...).<br /><br />In fact, I read your post, but didn't take in the title or publishing - just your penultimate line...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-15522480257214978252010-07-29T13:28:25.595+00:002010-07-29T13:28:25.595+00:00The CC Non-commercial license is as brain dead as ...The CC Non-commercial license is as brain dead as copyright. It is incoherent and really just a sop for self-publishers to kid themselves it's in their interest to prevent anyone else 'making money' through copying/use of their work (which I'd argue was economically impossible - if I make a copy of Macbeth I don't extract any more labour from Shakespeare).<br /><br />Anyway, if you'd come across OpenBookPublishers on my blog http://www.digitalproductions.co.uk/index.php?id=250 you'd see that I provide a copy of the book "Privilege and Property. Essays on the History of Copyright" for £0.00.<br /><br />The funny thing is, if they had used a Share-Alike license I would be licensed and incentivised to sell my copy, and thus re-introduce decision cost to the potential reader looking for a copy. Given a choice between £4.95 and £4.50, there is more temptation to stick with the £4.95 (investing goodwill and custom). However, between £4.95 and £0.00 there's not really any room for hesitation, especially as no credit card is necessary for the £0.00.<br /><br />I think OpenBookPublishers and the authors that use them have to shift their paradigm a little further.<br /><br />One has to completely dissolve the silly monopoly. Printers compete with each other to sell good copies for what price the market bears. Authors compete with each other to write good books on copyright for what price the market bears. Some people are in the market for a copy, some are in the market for well researched writing on the history of copyright. Some for both.<br /><br />What the authors appear to be missing is a way for those who want them to write to pay them to do so.Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.com