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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
Exactly. Copyright protection ensures, above all else (to me, at least), that if I create something I get first option to do with it as I wish, including profit from it.
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Actually, copyright limits what you can create
before that.
Can you create a Bilbo Baggins adventure? No.
Can you create a Elvis Presley remix? No.
Can you create a photograph of moonlight over Half-Dome? No.
Can you create a new episode of Rawhide? No.
You'll need special permissions from some copyright holder who can veto your ideas.
OTOH, the lack of copyright permitted the release of a masterpiece like Dan Simmon's Ilium....
I think copyright is a limit more than an incentivator for creativity....
