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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
Points I feel were addressed adequately and eloquently in this post |
I disagree. The point is the same. The street cleaner may have a pension, street cleaning equipment or even a business with a customer base with value to be left for his heirs. Why should the author's heirs be treated less fairly just because the author's different abilities led him to provide for his family in a different way? Intellectual property is certainly not a direct analog of physical property or business ownership, but owners of both have the same want and need to provide for their families. And the purpose of copyright is to give creators what they want and need to encourage them to create.