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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Kali, if you want to treat copyright as property, then you have to do the sort of things that make property legal in most societies. Like registering ownership.
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Does that mean I need to register my clothing, too? How about my pencils?
There is a lot of property that does not require registration in order to receive legal protection, including goods whose theft would be felonious.
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Originally Posted by RSE
Copyright is a economic construct. And as such, it costs.
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Actually I'd say it is a social construct, much in the same way as any other political rights bestowed upon, demanded by, or accepted by a nation.
However, more to your point: The current structure of copyright
already pushes many of the costs onto the copyright holder.
The police do not proactively search for copyright violations, that's up to the copyright holder. If an infringement is found, a federal prosecutor isn't going to step in and take over the case; it's going to be a civil proceeding, where the allegedly aggrieved party has to pay legal fees.
Your idea of copyright as a lottery is patently absurd, by the way.