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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Magellan's assistant I was referring to was Antonio Pigafetta (and the copyright he received for the publication of his manuscript), I will look it up again and post some links later. My point being that even way back in the 16th century authors were concerned about unauthorized copying.
Unlike some of the other participants in the voyage he was not richly rewarded by the king and therefore asked for said special copyright -- nobody else was to be allowed to copy or publish his manuscript for 20 years.
Just my conclusion is the exact opposite of yours. Because copying is so easy we need copyright more than ever.
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Doesn't that sound like censorship? The restriction of knowledge dissemination? We can install systems to reward authors in a copyright free world, if monies are the reason for copyright, copyright will no longer be needed.
We think there might be other reasons for the copyright meme to have gained so much traction over the years, but that is no matter, what matters is ending it ASAP.