<< Authors deserve a right to make a living with their work product. Sure, but your right stops at my device. At that point, I do whatever I choose to do with

<< Authors deserve a right to make a living with their work product. Sure, but your right stops at my device. At that point, I do whatever I choose to do with it. << EFF, the IA and the tech community here Really broad brush. You will find a lot of discussion here about both groups on this forum and while sentiment appears mostly positive, not everyone is of single mind. HN is a big herd of cats. << No authors means no books. Somehow I doubt that with the amount of humans on this planet that will ever come to pass. Case in point, I am writing something now ( passion project though so different rules may apply; I certainly do not expect to see a dime from it ). << Carpenters, plumbers and the like get the right to sign over their work product in perpetuity to any customer. Book authors only get the term of copyright. Hmm. I might be misreading it so please correct me as needed. Would you rather the roles are reversed ( plumbers and carpenters getting royalty for each performance on their repair/build ) and you having to write a new book each time for a one time payment of $299 plus tax? I genuinely do not understand your complaint here. If anything, your legal position is much better than that of a carpenter or plumber. You get to claim copyright over stuff that was already done. As a society, we artificially protect it ( and I personally argue for way too long ).