The Poor Starving Writers' Cookbook

How should writers be paid for their work? Should they be paid for each piece or should they be paid a salary? Should all writers be subsidized by the government? By Google? By libraries? By readers? By publishers?

What does copyright really mean? Does it protect only corporate entities who publish or distribute works? Wasn't copyright protection meant to stimulate creativity at the origin of creativity--the writing level?

Here is a PowerPoint presentation that begins to explore these questions:


https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/xythoswfs/webui

Is Google being unfair to authors again?

Pity the poor starving writer. Not only have publishers been taking advantage of writers, but now Google steps in and promises to add insult to injury.








http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/392

http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/dmca

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBZd0cP5Yc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE

Orphaned Works from Author's Perspective

Imagine, if you will, that I have written a novel that sold modestly well in the 1980. It is only one of several novels that I have written and that were published by the same publisher. The titles are currently out of print

Orphaned Works

Does it make sense to give Google exclusive rights to orphaned works? Orphaned works are works that are no longer in print and the publisher has lost track of the author.


http://www.cnbc.com/id/31525041

Adding value to digital products

http://www.pubmatch.org/news/1/bea-panel-going-digital.html

Make it easier and cheaper, and they will pay for it

One of the alleged reasons for literacy piracy is the PROHIBITIVE COST of digital items and the difficulty of downloading. Do we really need a seaparte "reader"? Can't we simply download to our phones or computers and read e-books there?

http://blog.vromans.com/the-threat-of-ebook-piracy/

And isn't there a way to compensate writers for every single download? Certainly digital tracking is easy these days, and it must be possible to pay writers royalties on every single use of their works.

Risk Aversion and the Collapse of Art in Modern Corporate Publishing

Why aren't publishers and readers more flexible? Here are some answers as to why the digital revolution has been so slow so far.


http://chamberfour.com/2009/02/23/risk-aversion-and-the-collapse-and-resurrection-through-piracy-of-art-in-a-corporate-world/