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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I chat freely in forums because I know that, if I come up with a particular compelling argument, a twist of understanding that really works, or if I am struck by poetic inspiration--I can save that post, that comment, and decide later if I want to publish it. Certainly, nobody else is allowed to exploit it without my permission. If registration is required before I get copyright protection, I'd stop participating in public forums. (And I'm sure, very few people would mind. I'm using myself as an example here--I know several dozen pro authors would also slam their blogs shut.)
Currently, and previously with the required-notice but not reg until later system, the copyright of drafts were subsumed into the final registered version. But if you get rid of copyright aside from formally registered items, that protection is gone--the author needs to register each different version. If he writes 4 different endings for a short story, trying to decide which one to print, he'll need to register all four--or risk that, if one gets found in his notes ten years later, someone can grab the alternate & publish it without his permission.
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The universe is my school and I am always in recess, meaning I can freely use any of your forum posts for whatever reason I see fit. I doubt you would stop posting here if mobileread became a public domain style commons area, there is of course one way to find out...
Copyright in the end will become a footnote, a global historical footnote, but something that we will simply have to move beyond eventually.
