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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
I just can't agree with that, as again it's a very communistic type of statement.
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Nuts. A functioning social contract is not "communistic".
Also, if you take any more power away from copyright, you're rapidly going to see libraries became part of Humanity's history rather than the present. It's bluntly disingenuous to talk about them when companies like Macmillian have made it plain they detest them (and indeed, don't allow their ebooks in libraries). Same goes for schools, of course.
Also, your historical revisionism on copyright's origions is precisely why we can't afford to allow works to be lost - the only defence against it is to preserve the primary references
pricew - Patent trolling, especially in America, is a massive problem and issue right now. That's not "working".