http://www.mitchgann.com/blog/2008/06/digital-lit/ Boomer Blog Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:52:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mitchgann.com/blog/2008/06/digital-lit/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Mitch Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:45:05 +0000 http://www.mitchgann.com/blog/?p=62#comment-27 The Great Gatsby caught my eye because I am sure it is still under copyright in the U.S., but apparently not in France nor most of the rest of the world. If I'm right, and you download Gatsby from a computer in the U.S., you would be breaking Federal law. You would be a literature pirate. Interestingly, the book was out of print when Scott Fitzgerald died and it was others (including his daughter) who made money off it. I think the author's life plus 50 years should be enough. Then the work belongs to everyone. The Great Gatsby caught my eye because I am sure it is still under copyright in the U.S., but apparently not in France nor most of the rest of the world. If I’m right, and you download Gatsby from a computer in the U.S., you would be breaking Federal law. You would be a literature pirate. Interestingly, the book was out of print when Scott Fitzgerald died and it was others (including his daughter) who made money off it. I think the author’s life plus 50 years should be enough. Then the work belongs to everyone.

]]> http://www.mitchgann.com/blog/2008/06/digital-lit/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Macy Swain Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:13:06 +0000 http://www.mitchgann.com/blog/?p=62#comment-26 This list of downloads strikes me as somewhat cheerfully odd. If this is a reflection of the reading tastes of the downloading public, it seems that they're out there making love AND war and are sci fi junkies with brains. And they have an appetite for complicated philosophy. Right in the middle of the list is The Great Gatsby, which in a way doesn't seem to fit in with the rest. But it's a great book. Hmm...well, I trust eclectics and ecumenicals -- if these are today's readers, I say huzzah. This list of downloads strikes me as somewhat cheerfully odd. If this is a reflection of the reading tastes of the downloading public, it seems that they’re out there making love AND war and are sci fi junkies with brains. And they have an appetite for complicated philosophy. Right in the middle of the list is The Great Gatsby, which in a way doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest. But it’s a great book. Hmm…well, I trust eclectics and ecumenicals — if these are today’s readers, I say huzzah.

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