From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-01-08, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Arne Vajhøj   wrote:   
   >   
   >>The problem will likely be that even if it would financially   
   >>be positive, then the amount would be very small. If the copyright   
   >>owner is an individual, then a plus of a few hundred or thousand   
   >>dollars will be OK. But if the copyright owner is   
   >>Big Mega Publishing Inc, then they will not do anything   
   >>with an expected profit under hundreds of thousands of dollars.   
   >   
   > Many technical books that previously cost rather tidy sums are   
   > now available for free, as authors and publishers realized that   
   > the audience had dwindled to negligible and there was no longer   
   > a financial incentive to holding on to the IP.   
   >   
   > It's kind of weirdly fascinating how thing that used to cost   
   > staggering sums are now available just for free.   
   >   
      
   Indeed.   
      
   About 20 years ago I found the VMS device drivers in C book in   
   a local large bookshop (either York or Leeds, I don't remember).   
      
   Such a thing would be utterly unheard of these days.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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   Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
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