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<p>Tom,</p>
<p>I have had a partial set of Bernie's work for years and have
great respect for it.<br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Michael<br>
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Shakespeare is dead and any copyright of his work
died a very long time ago.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 1:19 PM, MOB <span
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I completely agree that Bernie should be free to do whatever
he wishes with his intellectual property.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Michael<span class="im HOEnZb"><br>
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Can I reduce your life's work into a $50 PDF? Is that
what a lifetime of work is worth nowadays? People:
think.<br>
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