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Originally Posted by pwalker8
By that logic, society shouldn't be paying to protect someone else's fiction either. It either has value or it doesn't. If it doesn't have value, then society shouldn't be protecting it, if it does have value, then it should go into public domain after a time to pay society for protecting it.
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Fiction has value, that's the whole point. If it wasn't protected by copyright, then it would not have any value.
There is just not "for the good of society" point to be made to transfer the rights of a fictional story to "society" from "the creator".
There is no limit to fiction, no limit to creativity. Giving Disney the monopoly on Mickey Mouse does not prevent Mighty Mouse. Rather it encourages Mighty mouse verses "Yet another Mickey Mouse story brought to you by .... anyone".
It wouldn't take long to completely disperse the value of Mickey Mouse if anybody and everyone could make Mickey Mouse stories and movies
I see no reason whatsoever in supporting those copycat manufacturers who have no creativity of their own, but could pump out Mickey Mouse hats by the millions as they drain the value away from Disney.