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Originally Posted by HansTWN
That is exactly the point -- copyright was not a contract between the author and society (the general public), as so many claim, because back before e-books the general public could not take advantage of PD books. Copyright was really designed to protect authors and their agents (printers/publishers), period.
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No, it wasn't made to protect the authors and their publishers, it was made to protect them
from their publishers.