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Originally Posted by Stephanos
Yes, that is the political reason. I was looking more for a justification. I suspect there isn't a good one.
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The only justification for the existence of copyright is that it encourages authors to write more books, and is lesser evil than other ways of doing that. I'm not sure if we need authors to write more books anymore...
There's a great series of articles by Eric Flint, that tell it all much better than I ever could - here:
http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2...and-copyright/ Have fun
