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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The distinction is that the "idle rich" are not perceived as being able to control access to average individual's choices.
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If they own a large area of land, you are not allowed to use that land. If the land had reverted to public ownership, you would be allowed to use it.
If they own the copyright to a large number of works, you are not allowed to copy those works. If the works had reverted to public ownership, you would be allowed to copy them.
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The result is the economic equivalent of feudalism, with the copyright holders being the lords, and the consumers being the peasants. And the power (copyright) getting passed down to the next lord as inheretance. Just like countries used to be.
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Used to be? That is exactly how land ownership works.