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Originally Posted by leebase
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.
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You keep asserting the same point, that you see no value in public domain, yet people keep pointing out example after example of works that are based on PD works. You can't have it both ways.
Copyright is a contract with the author. Society will give the author exclusive control of the work for a limited time and provide the resources to protect that control. In return, that work goes into pubic domain after that period of time. It's not a one way street.
The alternative for the author is what happened during the pre-copyright days, i.e. authors don't get protection and see their works reprinted without them being paid with the only recourse being public shaming (which is what Tolkien used against Ace Book's unauthorized edition of LOTR).