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Originally Posted by tompe
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.
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Not at all. Maximizing the economic potential, both for the creator, and for the people who will benefit from the existence and use of the creation, is the point of copyright. Having a valuable creation available to be purchased and used is considered (in the long view) to be of economic benefit to the public.
This idea assumes, of course, that the public "benefits" from being able to read Harry Potter or watch a Disney DVD. It does not assume that the public has been "disadvantaged" because they had to pay for the product... supposedly, the enjoyment from the product should equal (or surpass) the cost of the product, making the net transaction positive, or advantageous. Whether it does, or not, is a marketing issue.