On the whole, I tend to be sympathetic to this view. This is one small place where I have the opportunity to "put my money where my mouth is." I just recently signed a contract on a book. One of the things I asked of the publisher is that if they ever take it out of print, then I can request that the copyright revert to me. My intent is that the book not disappear. I would either release it through a self-publisher like Lulu or just make it available on the net. It turns out that certain other details (like third party translations) get a little more complicated but not in a way that harms my objectives. So at least in one area, some of the players are pretty sane. But then again, books have generally been the most sane part of the copyright scene. If only software and music thought of their products like we think of books... Brian L. Stuart