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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Copyright was created in order to guarantee a creator a financial benefit from his or her creation for a set period of time, in order to give them the financial incentive to create in the first place (instead of blowing it off and continuing to till their fields), and to benefit society with their creations. No more and no less.
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That I can agree with. But I did not read the text I commented that way. You wrote:
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Well-said, Happ. Yes, this is an economics issue... economics is the exact reason copyright was invented... and any changes or revisions to copyright law will always be intended to maximize its economic potential
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Here you seem to say that the primary reason for copyright is to maximize economic potential. And that seem to be in contradiction with your later statement.