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Originally Posted by nerys
Patently false.
it has nothing to do with the RIGHT TO COPY. you COPY the book as you read it into the cells in your brain.
it has to do with control the DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES not any actual COPYING.
THIS is what copyright is supposed to be about. Nothing more. To prevent another publisher from making and selling copies. TO prevent someone from making a movie without your consent. To prevent someone from COPYING IT AND DISTRIBUTING IT without an agreement from you the author.
this is what copyright is and should and was about. Control over who profits from it even if the profit is ZERO. that control should reside with the AUTHOR ONLY.
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I'd just like to make one small note. That this be for a
limited time in order to promote the progress of science and the useful arts.