Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg on the past and the future
A UPI senior business correspondent named Sam Vaknin, who also writes an informative column for eBookWeb, has just published Parts I and II of an interview with Project Gutenberg Director Michael Hart.
Hart holds forth on topics ranging from copyright to the early use of the Internet for the distribution of books. Napster is a daydream for Hollywood compared to what’s on the way–for example, the 3D reproduction of objects such as books. And quite convincingly Hart anticipates the ‘tude of the copyright gentry toward these new developments. Ban em! Or at least try to keep them in check.
Speaking of Project Gutenberg, check out The Public Domain Reader, which helps you see more than 90 public-domain texts in the best format for you. Thanks to Library News Daily for a jog to mention that one, which I’d seen before on the Net.
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