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Originally Posted by petrucci
My point is that copyright has the effect of increasing the value of works. Obviously if you can copy a work for free, then its value goes down. Further, new works would not have to compete with no or reduced cost copyright works. This competition need not put new books out of business. It just siphons off some money making the situation worse for new authors.
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It doesn't siphon off money, because it is my money, not yours. If those new authors wrote better books, those books would sell. People aren't going to buy low-quality books just because the public domain books aren't available.
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It is funny that you bring up these points, as movies have almost certainly decreased the number of people employed in live theatre.
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But it has not gone away. The quality of live theatre has certainly increased. I have no shortage of live theatre to choose from.
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I do not think that I ever advocated that recorded music should be suppressed. However, competition from out of copyright material makes it more difficult to support yourself as an author.
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You seem to be promoting eliminating competition from public domain books. That's supression.