Comments on: World Book and Copyright Day http://lillieammann.com/2008/04/23/world-book-and-copyright-day/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/04/23/world-book-and-copyright-day/comment-page-1/#comment-34698 Lillie Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:50:53 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=557#comment-34698 ryan, I'd never heard of it, either. It doesn't seem to be celebrated in the US. ryan,

I’d never heard of it, either. It doesn’t seem to be celebrated in the US.

]]> By: ryan@fine jewelry http://lillieammann.com/2008/04/23/world-book-and-copyright-day/comment-page-1/#comment-34680 ryan@fine jewelry Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:15:38 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=557#comment-34680 Never heard of World Book and Copyright Day before. It is definitely important to protect copyright and other intellectual property. It's what drive creativity and innovation. Never heard of World Book and Copyright Day before. It is definitely important to protect copyright and other intellectual property. It’s what drive creativity and innovation.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/04/23/world-book-and-copyright-day/comment-page-1/#comment-24683 Lillie Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:23:45 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=557#comment-24683 Free (If you wrote YourName@Keywords, I could address you as a real person, and you would still get your keyword link), Obviously you are in the business of sharing copyright free files, which is fine. I like to use copyright-free images myself. However, writers and others in the publishing industry who make their living from selling their intellectual property recognize there would be no publishing industry and few books for anyone to read with copyright protection. Writers and artists who are hobbyists can afford to give their work away; writers and artists who are professionals cannot. Free (If you wrote YourName@Keywords, I could address you as a real person, and you would still get your keyword link),

Obviously you are in the business of sharing copyright free files, which is fine. I like to use copyright-free images myself.

However, writers and others in the publishing industry who make their living from selling their intellectual property recognize there would be no publishing industry and few books for anyone to read with copyright protection.

Writers and artists who are hobbyists can afford to give their work away; writers and artists who are professionals cannot.

]]> By: Free Copyrights http://lillieammann.com/2008/04/23/world-book-and-copyright-day/comment-page-1/#comment-24680 Free Copyrights Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:03:36 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=557#comment-24680 I don't quite get this. A reading, publishing, and intellectual property day? It seems a bit bizarre to link intellectual property to reading and publishing but I guess there is a small link between them. I don’t quite get this. A reading, publishing, and intellectual property day? It seems a bit bizarre to link intellectual property to reading and publishing but I guess there is a small link between them.

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/04/23/world-book-and-copyright-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2895 Lillie Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:21:37 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=557#comment-2895 Mary, I don't think many people know about World Book Day, but I'm glad to hear you read a book on that day! Mary,
I don’t think many people know about World Book Day, but I’m glad to hear you read a book on that day!

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