|
We need copyright, I just disagree on the rational.
We need copyright as we've decided that creators, businesses etc. should have their creations and the right to sell them protected.
What you're talking about is why copyrights don't last for every and get passed down to heirs etc. It was decided that there is worth inthe public domain so that's why copyrights do expire.
But it's not why we have copyrights. We have copyrights as we live in a largely capitalist world with a large legal emphasis on protecting people's rights to make money. That copyright expires is a concession that there is value to the public domain and those rights shouldn't get passed down through multiple generations.
|