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April 9, 2004
Canadian Politician OK with P2P
Posted by Jason Schultz
via BoingBoing, Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, Canadian's left-wing New Democratic Party and Prime Ministerial Candidate:
"I'm a holder of a copyright myself. But it's a book on homelessness and I don't mind if anyone wants to copy it," he says with a grin. "I'm still not so sure how (file sharing) impacts sales -- some studies even say it enhances them. I don't think the dust has settled on this yet. When I was at university there was a great fear that photocopying was going to destroy the publishing industry and that hasn't happened. It's sometimes best to muddle along, take things one step at a time and see what happens. Society can have a way of sorting things out."
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1. AdamThomas on April 12, 2004 3:48 PM writes...
Mr. Layton,
I appreciate your comments regarding the sharing of your publication on homelessness*. I was also very impressed to find that all your royalties will go to The National Homelessness Coalition. Perhaps you could contact Penguin/McGill and seek permission to release the contents of the book under a Creative Commons license? A notation in the preface citing the charity as recipient of proceeds and a method of channeling donations might facilitate greater giving than royalties from sales of the book alone.
Licensing the content would both strengthen your assertions and aid your charity of choice.
Sincerely,
AdamThomas
“myname”@comcast.net
*Homelessness: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis, Penguin Canada and McGill Press, 2000
cc: Jack[at]JackLaytonCom.nospam
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