Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:09:27 +0100 (BST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Scott=20Hamilton?= <s_h_hamilton-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: RE: Empire online?


> Why should we expect Negri to publish the book on
> line when he could be 
> easily identified should this lead to some sort of
> 'breach of copyright' 
> with the publishers? 

But why should Negri be concerned about this? If he
really wants his book to serve a practical purpose, to
influence large numbers of people, he ought to make
provision for its publication on the web. If that puts
Harvard University press out, then too bad, surely?
Many *apolitcal* academics have their in-print works
online for free now... 
If somebody like me wanted to put the book online,they
would have to type it all out and format it again - a
severe drain on their time. For Negri, however, it
would be a simple matter, as he must already have an
electronic manuscript.

If people feel the book
> warrants wider dispersion 
> outside those who can afford $150 or even $35

The Amazon price of $35 represents, I guess, American
dollars. For those living in countries with weak
currencies,even first world countries,  that figure is
doubled or even tripled.

Cheers
Scott 


====For "a ruthless criticism of every existing idea":
THR-AT-LL, NZ's class struggle anarchist paper http://www.freespeech.org/thrall/
THIRD EYE, a Kiwi lib left project, at http://www.geocities.com/the_third_eye_website/
and 'REVOLUTION' magazine, a Frankfurt-Christchurch production, http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/%7Ejho32/

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