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Originally Posted by DMB
The "book industry" you are talking about was tiny in comparison with what we have now. Not a lot of books were produced and the the readership was limited because so was literacy.
I don't see how you can make valid comparisons. You might as well go back to the era before printing. Copyright was not necessary when the only method for copying was long and laborious writing by hand.
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No doubt. His example of Beethoven is terrific. Without copyright, one can only make money through direct action. Teaching, performing. One can't author or compose and make any money when anyone can copy for free.
We already have the choice to work for free. Anybody who wants to compose a symphony and then just let anybody else copy it, use it, adapt it for free, can do so. Anybody who wants to write a book and give it away, allow others to copy it, adapt it, make a movie from it for free -- can do so.
What folks who wish to abolish copyright want to do is to TAKE AWAY from those who wish to create for money. For those who aren't interested in working for free....who aren't interested in allowing others to modify, adapt, or just plain copy their work without compensation. These folks should have their works stolen from them and given away.
And that's no virtue in my book.
Lee