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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm afraid you've completely lost me when you say "authors now have less rights than before the copyright laws came into existence". It's copyright law that makes being a commercially-successful author possible, by granting legal protection to the author's work. In what way do authors have fewer rights than they did prior to the introduction of copyright laws?
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No, it's not. Authors were able to make a living out of their work before copyright law. Not all authors, but it will never be possible to have all the authors make a living on their work.
Copyright law was made to protect authors from publishers. The general public lost their right to do with the work as they pleased for a limited amount of time in order to have the legal means to give this protection. The rights belonged to the author until they went back to the general public.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The point is that I, Ralph Sir Edward, can own at musical copyright, either song or performance, in my own name, if I created said copyright. I may also choose to let a corporation own it. I, as creator, choose under what terms I create. (If they are unfavorable, I still chose them...)
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Once upon a time people were able to sell themselves into slavery. Just because they could choose to do this, doesn't mean that they had more rights.