No exclusive rights. We would never seek exclusive rights actually. the whole point is to spread information. So we have rights but the publisher has completely lost interest so there is no reason no to print and distribute as far as possible. I would love to print it but it just isn’t possible. For one thing the original photos were actually in color, if you can believe it. Also, I’m learning that photos in general can’t really be republished from a printing because the paper bleeds through and the quality becomes seriously diminished. I learned all this on this book in particular, which i tried to have scanned in about 5 different formats before I gave up. It’s sad. And color would be unthinkable for printing prices. I have no idea how this was done in the old days.
Someone might consider just exporting the text alone and putting it out as a monograph. Lots of work there.
I know that Google can index PDF files into it’s search results, but I’m not sure that Yahoo and MSN have this technology. Not to mention that I don’t think PDFs rank well in searches.
I was thinking of exporting all of the text to a website.
I love books, but the future of information is on the web…
If we are serious about convincing this guy “Edward” about the virtues of libertarianism, then there is one important difference in the political mentality between us and him that we must identify and overbridge.
Ayn Rand was right when she talked about how we need to revive philosophy. My interpretation of what she meant by that is similar to Stephan Molenuex podcasts about how we need to be loyal only too the truth and not to people. This is at the very core of our beliefs, and if we are serious about it we should never defend anyone who claims too be a libertarian just for the sake that they call themself libertarian only statists and collectivists believe that one need to defend concepts and leaders but we should never fall for that trick.
When this Edward guy talks about how “we libertarians” do this, or “believe that”, he is just trying to provoke us into playing his own socialist game of tribalism where we are identifying our political belifes, not stemming from philosophy but from blind loyalty to ones supposed leaders or community. It is completely irrelevant for a true libertarian since we know that to be free, is to never want to be dominated.
Freedom is not a value in itself, rather you LIVE free! I believe that our human nature and our history teaches us that mans search for freedom is just as powerful as mans wish to be dominated and ruled. The fundamental difference between Edward and is likes and us, should be that we are willing to live free no matter what! Edwards pathetic attepts of identifying us as a homogenus group is the first sign of a much wider political mentality stemming from a primitive tribal behaviour. Remember those bullies at school, who had to make other people feel bad about themself so that they could feel good about themself? Edwards desperate attept at identifying us as a group is followed by the nececity to look down on us so that he can sleep good tonight knowing that the world and it’s inhabitants can be easily grouped and understood, not as individuals but as collectives with one single will. The final step is to simply proclaim that my collective is better than you collective. No logic, no reason needed.