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Originally Posted by pricecw
You feel entitled to take something without ever having to give back for that ability.
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I just can't agree with that, as again it's a very communistic type of statement.
A creator takes nothing from society. They create something, decide to sell it. People are free to decide to buy it or not. The creator doesn't owe society anything, nor does society owe the creator anything.
I get the origin of copyright, I just think it's a bunch of horseshit. Progress isn't halted by copyright as anyone can still access the material be it buying it or freely through libraries, public viewings etc.
The only reason to oppose copyright is greed from people who want to rip it off and sell it as their own, and people who want to get stuff for free. Progress is not halted by copyright.
Again, I agree copyright shouldn't last for every, a decade or so after death is sufficient. But I don't feel that way because of silly sense of the common good/progress of the arts--but because the creator is dead and there's no one else entitled to make money off his creation, so I'm fine with it turning over to society then.