Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Tim O'Reilly On Copyrights

Tim O'Reilly is a powerhouse innovator in publishing, with books, courses, trade shows and endless other gigs.  And what does he have to say about copyrights?  When asked in April 11 Forbes, page 24, about why he dropped digital rights management on his media, and fear of piracy, he says:
"People who don't pay generally wouldn't have paid you anyway.  We are delighted when people who can't afford out books don't pay us for them, if they go out and do something useful with that information."
Just so, And here is a young author who has done well with online self-publishing, well worth a read...

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