Macbeth isn't under copyright. As far as I've understood most of the point with Xanadu wrt [ed:provenance], is that it is concerned with authors being able to claim ownership in order to stimulate new writing in the age of zero-cost copying.
In my personal opinion, in some sense, if no-one ever got paid (again) for any work that has already been published -- that might very well have a positive effect on new creations -- if all those new creations were free to decide on price/availability.
Whoops, thank you. Not sure how I managed that when the parent comment used the correct word.
On a side note, the examples from that text is a little strange, as providence also can mean "the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources [ant: {improvidence}, {shortsightedness}]".
So, while I think the example is indeed wrong, there appear to actually be a correct reading for the use of providence in this case (there's no long term plan made to take into account the implication of the well logs)?
Macbeth isn't under copyright. As far as I've understood most of the point with Xanadu wrt [ed:provenance], is that it is concerned with authors being able to claim ownership in order to stimulate new writing in the age of zero-cost copying.
In my personal opinion, in some sense, if no-one ever got paid (again) for any work that has already been published -- that might very well have a positive effect on new creations -- if all those new creations were free to decide on price/availability.