Theos-Talk Archives (November 2008 Message tt00496)

The reality is that copyright is virtually dead.  It is almost  impossible to 
effectively enforce and thus those of us who could previously  depend on it 
have to find work-arounds to maintain an income.
 
Chuck the Heretic
 
 
In a message dated 11/25/2008 6:59:04 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
mkr777@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
The question of compensating the author in the issue of print vs on-line  is
a real one and there should be a long-term solution to it.

The  parallel I can see is the issue of free vs commercial software. There
are  many very useful and powerful "freeware" computer users use everyday.
Some  of them suggest that if the user feels the software is useful to them,
then  the users are encouraged to donate whatever they can.

In some cases, it  has been very successful and the authors continue to
enhance their software  for better productivity. In other cases, whole suite
of programs are  supported and enhanced by users who have skills.

The current laws  covering copyright and other protection for printed or
electronically  stored material still does not guarantee that the author is
not cheated by  the user by not paying for it.

We will have to wait and see how the  financial support issue gets resolved
in the  future..

MKR

THERE IS NO RELIGION HIGHER THAN TRUTH

On  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:18 PM, danielhcaldwell
<_danielhcaldwell@danielhca_ (mailto:danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com) >wrote:

>  Theo,
>
> I hope all Theos-Talk readers will read and re-read your  post below.
>
> It is all true.
>
> Someone pays a  price!!!
>
> A researcher/writer/ A researcher/writer/<WBR>author -- 
> writer/researcher or an academic/scholar --- has to make  a
> living...that is, pay for food, a place to stay, etc. etc. just  like
> everybody else!!
>
> So while it is good that there  is FREE material on the Internet,
> someone has to pay for it, ie. pay  for the research and the writing
> of it, and the cost of publication  either in printed form or on the
> web.
>
> Take my own  research on Madame Blavatsky... Take my own  research 
> the  sheer love of it. Never intended to make money off of it. But
> it took  money to do all the research I did. Every article in my
> Blavatsky  Archives cost money. For example, one article was so rare
> that it took  me 20 years to track it down. I finally discovered it
> in the British  Library but only after I had to pay for lots of
> microfilm, etc. So  that one article probably cost me hundreds of
> dollars to obtain. Of  course then it had to be converted into a
> webpage format -- either  typed or scanned, etc. etc. That's going to
> cost money to! Now anyone  in the world can read the article for
> free....
>
> Other  researchers, authors, scholars, etc. do similar things and
> incur all  sorts of expenses.... incur all  sorts of expe
>
>  Oftentime people forget all of this or never even considered  it.
>
> Daniel
> _http://hpb.cc_ (http://hpb.cc/) 
>
> --- In _theos-talk@yahoogrotheos-t_ (mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com)   
<theos-talk%theos-talk%<WBthe>, Theo
> Paijmans  <th.paijmans@th.>
> wrote:
> >
> > As a  published author, here's the downside on all this freeloading.
> >  Research into arcane and esoteric topics, often of very high
> >  scholarship, mostly comes from outside academia. Meaning: authors
>  and
> > researchers who pay for the expenses, time and effort of  their
> > endeavours themselves, instead of relying on grants, funds  and
> stipends
> > to cover the costs.
> >
>  > Have you any idea just how much research costs in these so-called
>  > 'enlightened times'? From personal experience I know that  precisely
> > those files or documents that we search, are not  always
> automatically
> > stored in the right and easily  accessible archives. It costs time,
> and
> > money too, to  trace and access these important historical source
> materials.
>  >
> > Then one writes a paper or a book. It may take years, years  of hard
> > labour, of study and contemplation, with little monetary  award. So
> one
> > gradually lives in ever more sober  circumstances, almost like a
> monk.
> > Clothes, food,  commodities as tv and radio, mobile phones, these
> are
> >  commodities on which is saved.
> >
> > Then the day arrives.  The book is published. The writer has poured
> his
> > or her  heart into it. Every droplet of sweat and every ounce of
> toil.
>  > The writer sits back and awaits the response. At least, the
>  courtesy of
> > people actually buying the book because the writer  hopes that they
> are
> > as interested in and passionate about  the subject as he or she is.
> >
> > And while they did not  write the book themselves, the writer did it
> for
> > them,  and they in return support the writer. I know of many
>  excellent
> > researchers who have quit for that reason. And the  above is what
> they
> > told me as being the reason. Again, as  a published author, I have
> > sympathy for their feelings.
>  >
> > regards,
> >
> > Theo
> >
>  > Augoeides-222@ Augoeides
> >
> > >  Daniel,
> > > I totally agree the web is a virtual limitless  cornucopia of
> knowledge
> > > that continues to amaze  me!!! Google "Books" is another amazing
> > > resource. One can  use it two ways. The first you use the website
> of
> > >  Google Books and can perform searches by Author Name, Title or
>  Topic.
> > > The second wonderful way is on Google Earth which one  can
> activate by:
> > > 1. Initializing Google  Earth
> > > 2. Clicking on "Gallery" in the "Layers" section on  the left
> sidebar
> > > 3. Scroll down the drop down  Gallery contents menu and
> locate "Google
> > > Book  Search"
> > > 4. Place a check mark in the empty box
> >  >
> > > Now whenever to zoom in close on Google Earth little  gold Book
> Icons
> > > will be seen, place your cursor on  an icon and the Title will
> appear,
> > > there is also a  "more" option and a link to the PDF file. Many of
> the
> >  > books are rare historic works that appear over the nation they
>  speak
> > > of. many are free to download as shown by "Download"  at the top
> right
> > > corner of the page for the  Book.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >  John
> > >
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