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without needing to further erode author's rights
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I'm sorry, but what further legal erosion are you talking about exactly?
The fact that copyright now expires after about one-and-a-half to two centuries, and will probably be extended further once mickey mouse ages more?
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Like the burden of proof is on you to show that my proposed alternative is too expensive?
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No, it's not quite that easy. The proving starts with the first assertion, not with the first assertion after someone mentions "burden of proof".
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Actually, you're getting into the realm of the different levels of "protected class", and what level of "scrutiny" is applied to discrimination claims. There's a whole lot of unsettled law in this area. But you're not arguing what is legal or not; you're arguing what you think is moral and ethical or not. And thus I challenge you to provide a reasonable distinction between seemingly equivalent cases.
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I am? Amazing. And I thought I mentioned "legal/Medical" in my last post. Must be the linguistic barrier we are experiencing, with me not being an American.
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The tying of the notion of the limited time grant of copyright protection with limitations on other free market rights is, I'll admit, somehwat novel to my ears, but no, I don't think it warrants a response any more than a similar statement about trademarks or patents.
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That really is a shame.
off-topic: I really love buying books from amazon.com, because the $ is worth so amazingly little. In fact, I would be paying a lot more if I had to buy those books locally, (although I haven't the faintest if we also pay more royalties locally) so I'm really happy that we have a free trade agreement there.