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Originally Posted by HansTWN
There is no "state-enforced temporary monopoly".
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Then how else would you define copyright?
Note that I said nothing about whether this was a good or bad thing, just what it is.
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Unless you call the right to be paid for one's work such a monopoly.
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If you do work that no one wants and no one asked for, should you be paid for it? (I'm aware that not what you meant but you did come across that way)
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
We shouldn't treat people's work as worthless just because it so happens it can be duplicated in digital form.
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Where did I even imply that?