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Old 05-05-2009, 10:03 AM   #108
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Those have nothing to do with copyright.
It has everything to do with copyright.

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The notion that copyright should be treated like other assets such as income, stocks, etc, is totally flawed.
Then you'd have to chance the business model so that people like JK Rowling are paid millions up front, before they've sold one copy of their first book. And that's not going to happen.

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Copyrights are not intended to protect value or guarantee revenue. Maybe that explains your misunderstanding?
No, I think that explains your misunderstanding. Copyrights are precisely about providing value and revenue for such works.
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