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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Exactly, copyright isn't a reward for authors, it creates rights where there were none for a very specific purpose.
And in any event, individual authors are likely better served by having a limited copyright. They lose out by not being able to help maintain a stream of income for their far-future descendants, but gain by being able to remake, remix and transform the works of past authors.
Even Disney, who pushed for copyright extension, has made great use (and countless millions) from public domain works.
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Perhaps it is better for society if the remixers can prosper. (personally I think that they are lame want-to-bes) but there are probably a lot more of them than actual creative people, and it might serve to keep a couple of them in socks and toilet paper.
Helen