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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
I agree with the concept, I disagree with the tone of entitlement that came across in your first post.
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Ah, but here lies the problem, you have a sense of entitlement, that a product (your creation), that does not exist more than the physical embodiment, should have protection that is not naturally there.
Before the copyright acts, you could write, paint, draw, etc and that physical manifestation belonged to you, if someone stole it, that would be theft, if someone copied it, there was no problem. If you didn't want to have someone copy it, you kept it for your enjoyment and didn't display it.
Society, believing it would further itself, if the creators created, and believing that people are less likely to do this without a form of re-numeration, decided it was best for society to not allow that copying. A number of ways to prevent this were discussed, one was to go with a patronage system, but that was viewed as bad for society, because the patron would decide the form of creation. Another was to give publishers the copyright. Finally, it was decided the least evil effects on society was to grant this monopoly license to the creator of the work. This all happened in the early 1700's, and the US Constitution captures this thinking.
So now, society took something (the ability for people to copy your work, while not taking anything from you) from everyone else, and granted you the creator a way to earn money before that right of everyone else was returned to them, giving you something that you didn't have before. Now you feel entitled to not more and more and more of this. Everytime copyright is extended, it is taking from everyone but the copyright holder, and giving to the copyright holder.
So, the creators had an entitlement (government program taking/taxing the many for the individual), and feel that they deserve more. And you call those that feel that the entitlements given are enough "entitled"? Isn't this putting the horse before the cart?
You should go read some of Eric Flint's writtings on this in the Jim Baen's Universe, he does a good job summing it up, even if I disagree with some of his personal positions. Anyone that uses copyright, should have a firm foundation on where it comes from, and why it exists in society.
--Carl