[sdiy] From Bernie of Electronotes

[MOB]

Tom,

I have had a partial set of Bernie's work for years and have great 
respect for it.

A simple and practical alternative was offered, allowing Bernie to 
retain all the value currently received from his work while reducing the 
cost of printing and delivery to his customers (unless he also owns a 
high-volume copier).  It would expand the potential market to those with 
fewer resources and less funding. Sound like good business, but 
ultimately his decision to make.

Best regards,

Michael


On 6/25/2017 4:39 PM, Tom Farrand wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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