Thread: Confessions of a Book Pirate
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Old 02-02-2010, 11:50 AM   #294
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
They claim artist will always create art regardless of whether they do it for money etc. and that even without the protection of art afforded by our current laws we'd still have great literature and art.
Well, those are two separate claims, of course, but surely the number of great works of literature and art that were created prior to 1710 does lend some credence to the belief that copyright law as currently understood (and I'd argue that current copyright law bears much the same relation to the Statute of Anne that a tomato does to an apple) isn't a necessary prerequisite to the creation of great literature?

If we start from there, look at the social and technological changes that resulted in the creation of the concept of 'copyright' and whether or not more recent shifts require us to change our understanding of it, and if so in what ways, we might end up having a productive discussion.

Or we could stand around in a circle chanting "Four legs good, two legs bad", that works too.
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