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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
That is a strawman argument. The fact that there is a moral argument for something doesn't mean that it is the only argument, merely that it is *an* argument, which can be balanced with other arguments. In fact, we *do this all the time*; societies work by balancing moral imperatives against each other and against practical concerns.
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I do not see this as a correct description of what was said. What was said was that the person that propose the argument that people deserve to get paid have no reason not to take that argument also into account for people that have been dead a long time if they want to be consistent. And I also seem to read in people being inconsistent with respect to that.
Also if copyright is motivated by the principle of maximizing some kind of utility then of course and overriding principle of creators deserving o be paid is not consistent with the copyright laws.