[sdiy] A useful distinction

[Simon Brouwer]

Hi Jay, all,

Jay wrote:

> Aaron Lanterman wrote:
>
>>
>> Ah, the "selling" is a key word:
>>
>> 1) Making a copy of anything, in print or not, and _selling it_
>> without permission from and providing compensation to the author
>>
>> is very different than
>>
>> 2) Making a copy of an out-of-print book for personal use
>>
>> One might argue about (2), but (1) is clearly evil.
>>
>> - Aaron
>
>
> At what point does #1 stop being evil? Should a publisher be paying
> Mark Twain's descendants?
>
>
After the copyright of the work expires, which in the US is 75 years
after publication, if I'm correct.
So a publisher is free to print Mark Twain's works because they are
safely in the public domain.

-- 
Vriendelijke groet,
Simon Brouwer.

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