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Helprin on copyright is copywrong

Started by mathewi · 11 months ago

Writing in the New York Times, Mark Helprin says he thinks an injustice is being done to creators of artistic and literary works, because the copyright that protects them doesn’t last forever — unlike the laws that protect, say, ownership of physical property. If the ... Continue reading »

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  • A Winter's Tale is still at around #23,000 on amazon.com even though it came out in 1983. It's biggest threat to relevancy is it's age and competition against itself with easy availability at libraries and second hand sales. I got my copy for free through bookcrossing.com, and I didn't care for it.

    The problem most authors face (Stephen King aside) is staying in the public eye and keeping your works from getting passed aside by the throngs of newer books; the hype machine doesn't focus on older books.

    If only there was some way to easily draw attention to yourself and your previous works...
  • In my Spanish-language blog, I wrote pretty much the same: there is no such thing as intellectual property, only intellectual rights that aren't even close to property. Copyright owners have some rights that owners of other kinds of property couldn't dream of. For example, imaging selling your old house and demanding that it's integrity be preserved (so that it can't be improved). You can't do that with physical property, but it's a perfectly valid right for copyright owners.

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