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Originally Posted by Lemurion
However, the basic principle of copyright, that the creator of a work owns the rights to reproduce that work, is something that I feel needs to be maintained and defended.
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Why is this? Is ownership some natural property of human thought? Where did the idea of ownership come from and why do we continue to believe that one thing can hold dominion over another?
As far as length of copyright goes, I read that most think that any alteration of the length of copyright's terms will only affect the small minority of copyrighted works that tend to be highly profitable within the first few years of their being released upon the public.
Is it wise to base law on the perceived benefits to a small minority of the populace?
A length of 5-10 years, applied retroactively to all copyrighted works, that would be great of course, just think of all the stuff we could read.