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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The problem with copyright in these cases is that no one can legally save obscure works. Someone might want to host a "library" (web site) of obscure works that nobody else values (think Project Gutenberg), but they are legally prevented from doing so, so that a handful of famous works can be monetized in perpetuity. Maybe nobody cares about them, maybe somebody might choose to rediscover them. But as it is, most likely they'll never have that chance.
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That's the reason that we have copyright libraries: the Library of Congress in the US; the British Library in the UK, etc. Their role is to preserve obscure works.