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Originally Posted by rkomar
It seems to me that people here are falling into two camps: those that do and those that don't value the public domain (at least not enough to let it get in the way of commercializing works). I doubt any amount of arguing is going to make anyone switch camps, but it may be useful to think about this when wondering why arguments are falling on deaf ears.
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I think that's what they call "spin" - yes? An equally ridiculous spin would be to say: that people here are falling into two camps: those that do and those that don't value original works.
Neither of those statements are true. There is a fairly wide spread of views expressed even in the the small sample we see here. Copyright has always been a trade-off, a compromise. Not just between the value of original works versus the value of public domain, but also between the various costs of managing copyright, and the relative importance of a creator having some control over their creation. It's not surprising that different people place different levels of importance, different values, on the various factors. It is not a simple topic.