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Originally Posted by PKFFW
What interests me is why so many people seem to think artists should have no control or rights over what they create? That the audience should have total and sole rights? Why do so many people feel they have the right to enjoy the labours of artists for free but they certainly don't want to work for their own boss for free?
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What makes you think anybody should own an idea or creation? There is no natural "right" to own a creation. Copyright creates a temporary artificial right (theoretically in order to encourage more creation).
Assume that two people independently come up with the same creation. IE, they both write the same story or song. Yeah, the odds of that happening are really low, but it is possible. Why does the first one "own" the idea and the second one has no rights, even though they created that idea just as the first one did. The concept of ownership of a thought or an idea (which is where the creation comes from) is just silly.