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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Artists are not "entitled" to be paid for their works (they have to convince someone their works are valuable); they are especially not "entitled" to be paid for the same work for a hundred years. They are given a limited-time, partial monopoly of certain uses of their works--with the purpose of promoting progress in the arts & sciences. When their monopoly stops promoting progress and creativity in others, it should end.
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Elfwreck, didn't anyone ever tell you that copying a book from an author without their express permission is *always* wrong? I mean that's like intellectual assault, isn't it?
(No, I don't actually believe the above. I'm just savoring the irony.)