[sdiy] From Bernie of Electronotes

[Tom Farrand]

Michael,

Shakespeare is dead and any copyright of his work died a very long time ago.

Beethoven is also at end-stage death but his stuff costs a little more
because the copyright is still very much alive on the PERFORMANCE of his
works.  That is what the $28 is for ... the performance of Beethoven's
works.  Beethoven and his descendants get nada.  Same for Shakespeare ...
nada.

I fail to see any similarity between two dead guys and what copies of their
stuff sells for, to that of Bernie, who is very much alive and still
producing stuff.

Electronotes is a "vintage" history book that is still being written by the
original author.  I am more than just a little grateful for his
contributions to my education.

As to cost, I think that most any single order I've placed to SynthCube or
Mouser or Digi-Key for parts, would exceed the full cost of the paper
version of Electronotes on which many of us learned from Bernie what it's
all about.  A deep understanding of this subject matter that has made many
of us fairly skilled in the art, is for sale for less than $400.  I think
that is a bargain.  Hells, bells, an opening night opera ticket can cost up
to a grand or more.  And when it's over ... it's over.

The way to encourage the brightest among us to share their knowledge is not
to see how low we can devalue what they do.  No thank you, I am not
interested in a race to the bottom.

Tom Farrand

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 1:19 PM, MOB <mob at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I completely agree that Bernie should be free to do whatever he wishes
> with his intellectual property.
>
> I did think, and I do take issue with your last argument.  In less than a
> minute, I found a Kindle edition of the complete works of Shakespeare for
> 99 cents and CD's of the complete symphonies of Beethoven for $28.
>
> There's a trade-off satisfaction from income from fewer high-paying users
> and from having your work more widely known and used.  We all know that in
> a consumer-based world, the single-item price is *not* the index of value.
> An individual has a right to choose either, but it's nice to know that both
> options are available.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael
>
> On 6/25/2017 1:37 PM, Tom Farrand wrote:
>
>> Can I reduce your life's work into a $50 PDF?  Is that what a lifetime of
>> work is worth nowadays?  People: think.
>>
>
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