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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
If you are a believer in Free markets, then you might point out that the purpose of markets is to allocate scarce resources efficiently, and that copyrights, which are government enforced monopolies, create inefficient allocations of capitals.
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How is that, exactly? I see copyrights as a government-enforced guarantee of fairness to the creator. Without said fairness, many creators would not bother to create, and you'd have no product. I suppose if you believe that it would be more efficient for a consumer to not spend money on anything, eliminating copyright (and therefore products) would be a more efficient allocation of capital...