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Originally Posted by rcentros
Which, of course, is what government is for and it's why we pay taxes. But, in a civil law suit, the losing side pays the court costs. But where else do you want to apply this? To articles of incorporation? Should they expire also because of the "ongoing costs to government?" This is red herring argument.
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I don't agree about it being a red herring argument. It would be cheaper to not enforce copyrights indefinitely. Most laws are there to benefit society as a whole, so it is society that pays for them. You still have to come up with a good argument for why everyone else should pay for a perpetual copyright that has no benefit for them.