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Old 09-16-2018, 03:52 AM   #130
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
I do understand how the copyright system works. I just don't like it. If a writer's heirs can't profit from his creation, why should parasites be able to latch on to it?
You may have understood how it works, but you seem to have missed the point of copyright. It's not to provide a perpetual income stream for the heirs of the author. It's to provide an income stream for the author, so that they can continue to produce work.
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