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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
But they do that. I've TV shows where they do, and TV is like real life.
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What I find really sickening about the whole current situation is that you could make a convincing argument that the original concept and purpose of copyright was indeed "pro bono publico", in the sense of encouraging and stimulating the arts and culture in general. Now it's been taken over by sleazy corporations, and even sleazier politicians, in an attempt to convert it into nothing more than an endless cornucopia of revenue streams, largely for the benefit of people who had no creative input into the works in question in the first place.
In the process that has led to grotesque abominations like SOPA and ACTA and situations where a child writing "fan fiction" can potentially be harassed for "illegal behaviour". My vocabulary isn't adequate to express my contempt for that whole process.