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Unpublished J. D. Salinger Stories Leaked On Bittorrent Site
192_kbps writes "Catcher in the Rye author J. D. Salinger wrote the short story The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls and left depository copies with a few academic libraries with the understanding that the work would not see mass distribution until the mid-21st century. The only authorized place to read the story is in a special reading room at Princeton where electronics are not allowed and a librarian continuously babysits the reader. A PDF of the story, as well as two other unpublished stories, appeared on private bittorrent site what.cd where a huge bounty had been placed for the work. Incredibly, the uploader (or someone connected to the uploader) bought an unauthorized copy on eBay for a pittance. The file, Three Stories, is making the bittorrent rounds but can also be read on mediafire."
If he doesn't agree, he's free to protest it.
Huh? Oh, he's dead? Then why the fuck should he care? Oh, his kids (or whoever inherited the "rights" to it)? Why the fuck should they have any rights to it in the first place? What rights do the kids of the architect designing my house have, what's their say when I decide to tear down part of it and remodel it? Huh? What do you mean, not even the architect himself has no say?
What's the difference between an author, painter or composer and an architect, bricklayer, plumber or carpenter? "Art"? Please listen to contemporary music and show me how this is more "art" than a carpenter's creation of a table. If anything, the latter is more art and less "handiwork" than the former.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.