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Originally Posted by crich70
Ah but if you write a book and don't have the ability to claim copyright on it during your lifetime how will you ensure that you have enough $$ to live on so that you can write the next one? Mozart is a good example. He ended up in a pauper's grave when he died because he only got paid once for each of his works. He'd write a piece of music for someone and once paid that was the only money he made from that piece. By making sure that the author of a book or short story has certain rights during their lifetime what is best for the public is assured. He/she is able to make enough money to either add to their income or (if lucky enough to be popular) to be able to spend their working lives creating more dreams for others to share in.
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Since you give music as an example, you can look at a
story of music under copyright.
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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
Hmm... It seems to me that the patent and copyright laws do not give any rights to anyone, they restrict others from making and selling unauthorized copies of the creations of inventors and authors. You can make and make copies of what you create without need of the law. What the law is needed for is to prevent others from making copies. By preventing all others but the inventor/author from copying and selling the inventor's or author's creation (since you don't want to call it their property) you are creating a temporary market environment that provides some insurance that the original creator of the product being marketed, can bring their unique product to market, without others undercutting their sales.
They are not being given any rights (the First Amendment just codifies the right they already have) Those who would make use of someone else's creation, without mutually agreed compensation, could easily be considered thiefs. Those who do so in a manner that actually harms the ability for the creator of the product to realize a return, would be violating the intent and letter of these laws.
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The law provides no insurance the original creator of the product being marketed, can bring their unique product to market, without others undercutting their sales. The publisher brings the author's product to the market, as well as the products of the author's competitors and sets the prices.
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Originally Posted by meeera
Do you think so? I think it's a prime example of a truly transformative work.
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And Hamlet is a derivative work anyway.