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Ahem, tis copyright not copywrite

yeah here we go, this is THE Elley. we still have to move from copywrite to"TIS" and then to the really world "THIS" i know you are smart enough to bail youself out since you are an spani-english lingual man.ciao.

I think it’s slightly different with different genders… When you read a book, it’s actually not significant in what form the book is – a paper form that you’ve bought or borrowed from a library or neighbor, or perhaps you have heard it read, say, on radio, or you’ve read it from a computer screen. Still it’s book’s contents that matters, and your perception of it, of course.

Your perception also is significant with other arts, but… there are some aspects that you certainly cannot get from internet. You have to experience it, or you won’t get it at all. As for example, a play or a painting /fresco and the like. Music when you are present at it’s creation in a concert hall, isn’t the same as a record. And looking at a picture of a building isn’t the same as being inside this building.

…Once I’ve experienced Rublev’s “Trinity”… Of course, I’ve seen reproductions of it in books and albums before, but… if you want to know why he’s acknowledged as a great icon artist, you have to visit him. There just is no other way to get acquainting with Rublev. No one would be able to explain or describe his paintings… Many centuries ago he created this world of his believes, thought, the images that delighted and tortured him – his space in this universe. And you have to enter his space – his world – in order to hear his voice… And I think it’s also true in case with many other painters, Michelangelo for example. I’ve seen the reproductions, but I’d like to visit his painting as I’m sure that the reproductions – I have no doubts that they are good – but they lack the energy, the passion, the misery and the glory that their creator put into them.


It’s different with books… but when there is a book that I want to have on my shelf, that I don’t want to part from, that I know I’m going to reread… A screen version just won’t do. I buy a copy bound as a book.

The real (not really) word is not "this".

"Tis" is short for "it is" , not "this".

the clever u?

I think books should have a 50 year protection order on copying and illegal distribution, a bit like music has.

Then the books should be free to be copied as people wish, and not be charged for.

why 50?

I love the gutenberg site and use it often.

It gives the authors most of a lifetime to make money out of what they produced.

myself i enjoy

Great site for schoolchildren.

i guess there are good & old books up there for adults.Does the phrase don’t judge book by the cover still on use?

Actually, I think the big enemy for little-known writers/musicians etc is being un-read/un-heard rather than being read/heard for free. (For well-known authors, the big enemy isn't internet but the tax man.)

When people's work is well-known and appreciated, it still sells. People are still buying Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Chopin, Elvis et al. This is because they know these people's work and want to own a copy.

So I think free access to creative work via the internet is a good thing because Jo Public might not risk money to read a book by someone s/he has never heard of, but may just give it a go if it is free. And if they like it, then they'll buy it for real. Good news for the small fish.

As for the big fish, being pirated on the internet leads to increased sales, advertising deals, promotions, tours, merchandising and all manner of other lucrative business.