I agree completely with Neil Gaiman (who is the person in the interview, for those who haven't looked at it yet).  Sharing an author's work is not a violation of copyright unless you make money from it.  Copyright protects ownership--your work is your work.  It does not and should not prevent people from sharing your work--only from taking credit for it or profiting from it.



Gaiman's other point is that sharing his work on the web is a very effective form of advertising, and he is also right about that.

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From: PWA Inside Talk [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Richard Adkins [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:59 PM
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Subject: Copyright and the web

Here is one view on copyright and the web and how it helps or hurts authors.  Do you feel differently or agree with this line of thought?

http://www.wimp.com/neilgaiman/


Rick Adkins