[okfn-discuss] Re: okfn-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10

Sat Nov 25 01:45:55 UTC 2006

On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 05:40:12PM -0800, Ron Severdia wrote:
> On Nov 24, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Francis Irving wrote:
> >3. That this means, largely, that you are restricting the audience of
> >your work to people who own computers.
> 
> Why would you assume that? What about the student who prints a scene  
> and brings it to class? What about the theatre director who prints 20  
> copies for his actors? Or the teacher printing for their students? By  
> and large, the internet itself is restricted to people who own  
> computers.
> 
> >
> >And if you do agree, can you explain why this does not bother you?
> 
> Because corporations without consciences suck. And they're everywhere.

Oh, I agree with that. 

I just don't understand the difference between the theatre director
paying HP or somebody to buy their laser printer and toner, and them
paying a publisher to print a copy of the work for them.

In many cases the latter might be much more convenient.

Francis