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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
You just want to pretend that the public domain doesn't exist, so it can't have any legal meaning.
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Uh... no. That's not even close to my position.
I am not, in any way shape or form, advocating for perpetual copyrights. Absolutely nothing I've said here could possibly be correctly interpreted as opposition to public domain, or as an advocation of perpetual copyrights. I even
explicitly stated -- in the section you quoted -- that public domain is beneficial.
What I am saying here is:
• Copyright law is not designed to favor the middle man. It's designed to favor the rights holder.
• Both copyright
and public domain are social constructions. Thus the term "natural" does not apply.
• Short copyright terms will not solve any issues, and will not dissuade anyone from violating copyright.