What you say is true as far as direct money transfer, but not true when you consider indirect effects. Buying stock causes the price of the stock to rise which can allow a company to raise money by selling stock they hold. Buying used books reduces the supply of that book so that if there is sufficient demand, it may allow the copyright holder to do a new printing or make a revised edition and sell it. Sean On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote: > Hi: > > When you buy a share of stock none of the money goes to the underlying co= mpany. The only way for that to happen is if > you buy at the Initial Public Offering. > In a similar way when you buy a used or remainder book none of the money = goes to the author. That only happens if you > buy a new book from a reseller. > There was a law suit about Google offering pdf files of books that were s= till within copyright and it was settled so > that Google would no longer give them away for free. It's my understandi= ng there there's a pool of money but the > decendents of the authros are all dead or don't know how to claim what's = owed them. > > There's a similar problem with state held Unclaimed Property. > In California you can search for your state held money at: > https://ucpi.sco.ca.gov/UCP/Default.aspx > > Mail_Attachment -- > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke > http://www.PRC68.com > http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html > http://www.prc68.com/I/DietNutrition.html > piclist-request@mit.edu wrote: >> [EE]:: Free "must have" book - "The Art and Science of > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .