Does Copyright Matter ?
Tim Parks | The New York Review of Books
« Mass markets change the equation. The cost of distribution is dropping to zero. Mass markets permit profits on micro prices. Apple has proven both in music and apps that one can sell songs and apps for a dollar and make a profit instead of CDs in jewel cases for 20 dollars. The tech age is crushing the monolithic publishing and distribution business model, copyright law is a regulation protecting an antiquated business model. (…)
Copyright is a business tool to limit expression. We extend it at our own peril. »
Jud Lohmeyer, en commentaire de l’article de Tim Parks.
►http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/aug/14/does-copyright-matter
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