Z:gnu-www-ja-freedom-or-copyright-old--ca1d6d-Eventually, when computer netw/en

Eventually, when computer networks provide an easy way to send someone a small amount of money, the whole rationale for restricting verbatim copying will go away. If you like a book, and a box pops up on your computer saying &ldquo;Click here to give the author one dollar&rdquo;, wouldn't you click? Copyright for books and music, as it applies to distributing verbatim unmodified copies, will be entirely obsolete. And not a moment too soon!