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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's entirely irrelevant what a few people in a different country 250-odd years ago thought was its purpose in THEIR society. What we have to deal with is what its usefulness is in TODAY'S society, which is very different to that of the late 18th century.
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Well, they didn't have lobbyists back then. That's pretty much literally the only reason the copyright laws have expanded - politicians have essentially been bought and paid for by companies that own lucrative copyrights.
Disney primarily (in the US), which as mentioned, has literally profited from taking ideas from previous sources as much as any other company, the very thing they have fought to deny others.