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Just because it is in the public domain ...
... does not mean it is or should be free. the cost of digitizing the book is only one of the costs associated with publishing it via the web. There are storage and bandwidth costs. On a project this big they are fairly substancial. Microsoft and Yahoo for that matter are businesses. There duty is to provide a return on the investment stockholders provide. They will and should charge for their services.
Posted by: ShadeTree   Posted on: 10/26/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I coulda used soemething like that to write a book paper easily  jmills@... | 10/25/05
Did he really say that?  Richard Flude | 10/26/05
No ...  Plain Logic | 10/26/05
Ok, so it applies to everyone BUT MS  BitTwiddler | 10/26/05
huh?  IT Scion | 10/26/05
Kind of  voska | 10/26/05
Exactly right  tic swayback | 10/26/05
There is one exception  osreinstall | 10/26/05
Who buys the books  voska | 10/27/05
Advantage of the second mover  tic swayback | 10/27/05
Nice try you two.  osreinstall | 10/27/05
I think you're confused here  tic swayback | 10/27/05
I don't think so  osreinstall | 10/27/05
Actually, I'm right here  tic swayback | 10/27/05
I love self confidence Tic, but you have to be pragmatic.  osreinstall | 10/27/05
Actually, I think Google is ahead  tic swayback | 10/27/05
Google is only ahead on search and me too at everything else.  osreinstall | 10/27/05
Synopis is useless  voska | 10/28/05
I don't think so, because they offer it.  osreinstall | 10/28/05
Yes he didn't...  BitTwiddler | 10/26/05
Public domain in DRM'd eBooks?  Nigel Johnstone | 10/26/05
"Do they continue to charge?"  voice_of_all_reason | 10/26/05
Just because it is in the public domain ...  ShadeTree | 10/26/05
Do people pay for Beethoven sheet music?  Rodney Davis | 10/26/05
Public Domain means you can do whatever you want with it  tic swayback | 10/26/05

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