Talk about a rip
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I realize this example is fairly weak for a design (mostly visual) book, but lately I was thinking about piracy and how it relates to published (written) works instead of music, which is what much of our modern debate revolves around. 100 years ago if a noteworthy piece of literature was published in Russian only, how could all the curious British intellectuals read it, discuss it, etc without either the original publisher translating it or someone taking it upon themselves (crediting the original author of course)? Did they pay royalties to the original publisher? Was the original publisher involved at all with the translation? I remember the theme of most of my literature and history classes being that knowledge should always be free, and that buying things (books, etc) was 50% product (what you're paying for) and 50% content (what should be free). I know I should never post things like this while watching TV because I can't possibly concentrate, but wouldn't it suck if we didn't have War and Peace because the original publisher had a hissy fit about royalties? (though the English translation of War and Peace was done by people who knew Tolstoy personally, I don't know if they had any involvement in any future translations or publications)