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Old 01-27-2008, 04:24 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
Here's where we substantially disagree: I do not consider the above statement to mean that "copyright is dying," or that it has no place in the modern world. In fact, copyright is a modern and advanced concept, specifically designed to deal with a world where people's works can be practically copied and used by others, to make certain the original creator receives proper compensation for their works.
That is not true. There is no idea of "proper compensation" in the motivation for copyright. It was designed to solve the problem of how to get people to not stop to create things.
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