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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
But the idea of giving authors the right to take away freedom to read goes against the whole idea of giving the public more good books to read, which I consider the only legitimate purpose of copyright.
Do you think taking down the old books was in the public interest? If so, what interest was served? Some careerist consideration on the part of the author?
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For. A. Limited. Time. That's the mechanism by which copyright serves its purpose. For a limited time, the creator controls their creation. They are free to profit from it, or they are free, for what ever their reasons, to take the risks of creation, even if they are not ready to share it with the world, safe in the knowledge they are in control. Perhaps they will then be free to create great works that would otherwise never exist.
Then AFTER copyright expires, you are free to take it, slap it on a lunchbox , sell it, totally ignore the creators values to your heart's content!