Joe Crawford sends this link to Bruce Sterling's prescient "Free as Air" Speech.
[thanks, Dan Gillmor's eJournal] Mmm, more Bruce Sterling.Hey, if there's a real need here, the market
will meet it, Mr Franklin. I really think this "library" idea of
yours is something better left to the private sector, Mr Franklin.
No author could possibly want his books read for free, sir. Are
you trying to starve the creative artist?