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The "collective management organisations" set up to manage this will be paying royalties to authors, something they wouldn't get if their books were made public
by davweb 15y ago
The "collective management organisations" set up to manage this will be paying royalties to authors, something they wouldn't get if their books were made public domain.
Similarly, an author can assert their rights and ask for a republished book to be removed from sale, something which would not be possible if works were made public domains.
I'm not saying this a good idea, just that this is why they're not just removing the copyright from the works.
- davidw 15y ago> The "collective management organisations" set up to manage this will be paying royalties to authors, something they wouldn't get if their books were made public domain. To me it looks like the incentives are not really in place for that. 1) If the authors are already present, registered, in touch, etc... they're already getting paid. 2) If the authors "can't be found", the big bureaucracy gets to keep the cash. Italy has a 'collective management organization, the SIAE, and the thing is pretty much pure evil.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoRemember their are also publishers in the mix. Hopefully all of the payments for out-of-print books are going to the authors only.