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Originally Posted by HarryT
As a good socialist I firmly believe that businesses should be run for the benefit of society, not for a "profit" motive.
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Originally Posted by Phogg
Copyrights provide a benefit to society...
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Without copyrights... creators will have no "benefit" for creation, other than purely altruistic motives. Since many creators create in order to make a living, not just for altruistic motives... and they clearly won't be able to do that anymore... the abolishment of copyright will mean, quite simply, a
very significant loss of creative content.
If we can't maintain a copyright system, we'll need some organization just sitting by with cash, ready to hand it to any creator who asks for it in order to release their creation. But you'll have to live with standard rewards that may not reflect the real value of the creation ("You gave him
how much for
that?").
Personally, I'd rather have copyrights and more content. But that's me.