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Old 01-04-2011, 04:31 PM   #54
pdurrant
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Originally Posted by K-Thom View Post
Other people's creative lifework isn't supposed to be the freebie playground for society.
Yes it is! That's part of the deal. Society helps the author by having laws that stop people publishing the work without permission for a limited time. But after that time is up, the works become available freely to everyone.

I have no argument with the principal of copyright (although I admit that some people do). I do think that the length of copyright is excessive.
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