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Originally Posted by tompe
Not it is not. The natural state is that everybody can copy including the creator. You do not need to be granted copyright as creator to be able to copy. Copyright is a set of EXLUSIVE rights that are granted to the creator. It is the "exclusive" part that is the important part.
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The Creator of the work is the owner of the copyright. End of story. The law defines certain exemptions to others in copying or excerpting parts of the work.
There is no such thing as a "natural state" -- I can as easily say the natural state is that no one can copy. The only "natural state" is that if I create something it is mine, not yours, not anyone elses and I get to decide what I do with it. If you take it without my permission, you are a thief.