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Originally Posted by Giggleton
It's a bit hard to say what copyright was put into the constitution for, Most back room politico dealings aren't written down into the history books.
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No, it isn't. It's extremely well documented.
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At any rate, If I was to go back in time and ask Mr. Franklin (Using my time machine of course) about copyright and whether it should still have a place in the world of the internet, I think he might have to think about it for awhile.
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I can say with total certainty that he would not. Copyright was instituted in response to how easy copying had become. If he was presented with a future where copying was even easier, it utterly defies reason that he would oppose copyright. The ease of copying makes copyright more important, not less.
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And then I would try to explain internet 2.0 to him, I don't know if he would understand, but if he did I am fairly sure he would see that in a world where no one has to copy anything since everything is merely accessed, and all uploads and downloads are tracked, that copyright is now an impediment to the spread of knowledge rather than an incentive.
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No, he wouldn't. He's see that your distinction between accessing and copying is nonsense.