Subject: [permaculture] The DM posting (was: Information monopoly)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:14:11 -0300
I would like to say here that I in no way condone the posting of the
DM without permission of the copyright holders. I am opposed to
information monoplies in general and "intellectual property" laws
as they are today specifically, but what I'm promoting is changing
the laws, not breaking them.
However, I would suggest that if Tagari / Bill Mollison made an
electronic copy of the DM freely available under a Creative Commons
non-commercial use license, they would benefit society and would
probably end up selling MORE paper copies in the long run. The DM
is quite unwieldy for on-screen reading and most people who can
afford it would like to have a paper copy as well. Those who
cannot afford it would never have bought it, so no sales are lost
to them. A few sales might be lost in the short run to people who
are just curious, but the greater exposure would soon compensate
for that.