Re: revolution in publishing

**f*@aol.com**

 Doug,
thanks for sharing that very good re-framing of the familiar printing press/internet comparisons. The upheaval caused by cheap, readily-available printed matter took many years to settle into a more-or-less law-abiding system where copyrights were more-or-less honored. Meanwhile, bootlegging ran rampant and authors like Charles Dickens railed in vain against unauthorized (and unpaid) American printings of his works.
Now, as has been noted numerous times on this list, the internet has mutated from a military/academic communications tool into Everything, All the Time. Bootlegging is at pandemic levels and is close to being considered normal and right. Much of what's presented is ephemeral at best. Nobody wants to pay even for good writing or good photography. So how (and when) does this incarnation of the Wild West settle itself into a more-or-less law-abiding format where "content providers" are rewarded for their/our work?
All hail Al Gore, the new Johannes Gutenberg. ;-)
JF

From: Doug Green <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
Subject: [GWL] revolution in publishing

Here's a very interesting take on the revolution in publishing -
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/tools-and-transformations-clay-shirky
My thanks to Susan

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Doug Green @douggreen

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