>
> Bapa Rao said, "I just wonder if a portion of the contribution shouldn't
> go to the author directly.". I thought of saying something like that, when
> I read the prior post by vElUri.
>
> Without seriously disagreeing with the original prpposal, wouldn't it be
> better to leave the entire matter of who gets benefitted to kArA himself?
> He may decide to give part of it to BCT, or to another worthwhile cause
> dear to himself.
>
I should have phrased my idea more carefully. My intent was that the money
should principally go to the copyright holder(s) who may or may not be
the same entity as the author. Since someone here has to take the
responsibility to collect and forward the money, I would endorse any
reasonable charity "tax" on the contribution (payment really) over and
above what is paid to the copyright holder. What the latter (who I assumed
was the author himself) does with the payment he receives is of course
up to him.
Bapa Rao