Publishers, and the authors whose work they publish, and the estates of dead authors - they like money. I don't blame the authors: writing a good book takes a l

Publishers, and the authors whose work they publish, and the estates of dead authors - they like money. I don't blame the authors: writing a good book takes a lot of time, effort and frustration. But when a book leaves copyright for the public domain, there needs to be mechanisms in place which allow anyone to find, download, copy and read that book without paying the full price. We don't yet have robust mechanisms in place to make that happen. My personal view is that the length of current copyright laws are a joke, and should be more in line with patents. It's a very minority view. At least we still have a few second-hand bookshops around where we can pick up used books at an affordable price.