On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:
michael said:
I have some supercomputer time reserved for testing various compressions, so if anyone wants to send me any DVDs or their images, I can try to see how much we can pack onto a single $1 DVD.
actually, you can just take a look at richard seltzer's work and see. his d.v.d. (which costs $99, not $1) holds 9,536 plain-text e-books.
since a very good majority of those books are public-domain, you could spring for the $99 once, then re-sell copies for $1. (or give 'em away, absorbing the $1 cost of the d.v.d yourself.)
for most of us, though legal, that might verge on the unethical; but for you, michael, i think it would be quite proper, because richard got many of those e-texts _from_ project gutenberg...
i'll chip in $10 to a fund to buy you a copy...
Don't forget "compilation copyright." It might not be as legal as some would think. Michael