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Originally Posted by hildea
Did you read my post?
Yes, I want freebies, I want you to have freebies, I want everyone to have freebies. I think free access to literature and other art makes the world better. I also think that artists being able to earn money from their art makes the world better, so time-limited copyright seems a good compromise.
Your turn: Do you really think societal good of a few people maybe earning a bit more money offsets all the societal goods I and others have described in this thread?
To be concrete: Do you think the world would be better if the Gutenberg library and the Mobileread library had to delete almost all their works tomorrow? |
Communication achieved. The rest is repetition (I know, it's been that way for awhile). I think art that is actually accessible to the public comes from economics....just like every other good and service. I think the work of artists, authors and composers is no different from laborers and craftsmen and farmers.