Re: OT: Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD, Will the madness never end?!?!

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:38:40 +0000 (UTC), Wendy of NJ
<voxwoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:57:42 +0000 (UTC), Josh Hill
><usereplyto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 00:46:51 +0000 (UTC), cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx (Chris
>>Adams) wrote:
>>
>>>Once upon a time, Amy Guskin <aisling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>>>>Agreed. The reason the US Copyright Laws were changed on Jan. 1 1978 was a
>>>>reaction to Irving Berlin becoming the first composer to outlive his own
>>>>copyright: "Alexander's Ragtime Band" went into the public domain during his
>>>>lifetime.
>>>
>>>The Constitutional basis for US copyright laws is Article I, Section 8,
>>>Clause 8:
>>>
>>> To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for
>>> limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their
>>> respective Writings and Discoveries;
>>>
>>>A lifetime copyright is not a limited time as far as the author is
>>>concerned. Also, coming up with one popular thing and living off of it
>>>doesn't really promote additional progress.
>>
>>It seems to me that for every example of someone who wrote something
>>and then retired there are many, many more of people who kept on
>>writing long after they had to. Because for most writers, writing
>>isn't primarily about the money.
>>
>>For every Rowling or King, there are many writers who had to go back
>>to their day jobs because they couldn't survive on the income. Some
>>greats have been on that list, including Melville.
>
>
>Many, for large values of "many". My mom said to me that maybe 5% of
>all writers can support themselves by writing (maybe it was 10%). A
>similar ratio can be found among musicians.
>
>I'm not sure about visual artists, but I'll bet it's similar, too
>(especially if you include "hobbyist" artists)

I think I read somewhere that the average author makes $5000 a year
off his work.

--
Josh

"It was amazing I won. I was running against peace and prosperity
and incumbency." - George W. Bush

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