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Re: [dvd-discuss] Must Copyright terms be uniform?
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Must Copyright terms be uniform?
- From: Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 04:02:22 +0100
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from [email protected] on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:15:01PM -0700
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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 05:15:01PM -0700, John Galt wrote:
> cost=profit/author's_share+trivial_admin_fee
>
> Where profit must be obtained via GAAP might do the trick, but even GAAP
> allows for "creative financing"...
why the obsession with profit? why not simply take the income? that's
much harder to cheat at (number of items sold * price per item).
it also makes the fee negligable for non-profit works.
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