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Originally Posted by kennyc
No not a solution. The point of copyright and other intellectual property laws is to allow the creator to profit from their work while improving society by making it available.
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No. The goal of copyright is to promote the creation of works that society wants. Allowing the creator to profit is just means to reach that goal, and if there was a known better way to reach it, copyright law might change, and its new shape might not involve creators profitting.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
If you destroy the incentive to create new works there will be none.
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True; but if you only destroy potential financial gains, works will still be created.