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Originally Posted by leebase
Nobody is worrying about the free offerings. Yes, they exist and “nobody cares”....except their mom and 10 other people on the internet. Nobody is trying to infringe the copyright or term limit the copyright of those authors. We even have the Creative Commons license for those who want to release their content into the world with the caveat that all built on their stories also are part of Creative Commons.
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Which seems to directly contradict your "In what fantasy land do we think people will just write books for free" comment doesn't it.
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Originally Posted by leebase
People are advocating/discussing the doing away with copyright. And yes, I have complete and utter disdain for that notion.
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Actually
one person has suggested they think it might be worth discussing the doing away with copyright. That one person also stated "And I'm not really advocating doing away with copyright...."
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Originally Posted by leebase
If YOU want to give away your creative work...that’s your choice. Ending other people's copyright or doing away with copyright is taking the ownership away from the creators.
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And extending copyright in perpetuity is taking away the currently held rights of the rest of the populace that ensures they get access to that creative work after a certain period of time.
So you advocate for, and are fine with, taking rights from one group, but not ok with taking rights from another group. Seems reasonable.
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Originally Posted by leebase
And that’s no different than confiscating someone’s business or nationalizing an industry.
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Actually it is quite different, as has been explained to you a number of times.