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Originally Posted by HansTWN
It is not strange. The product of my work belongs to me -- that is one of the most basic notions of almost any society.
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Well, no. Since most societies have taxes.
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Why should an author only give to society and get nothing back? Why is it good for society if you don't have to pay for your books? The author/copyright holders will pay taxes on the money they make off you and that is much better for society than feeding authors with social security money.
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You seem to be mixing arguments. Either you argue from rights and than it is irrelevant if it is good for society or not. Or you argue based on utility for th society. That will make the discussions better since it is meaningless to argue with people that seems to have a religious belief in rights.