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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
And to answer that question, I invite anyone to look up the meaning of the phrase "society."
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What interest do you have in society? Your position is the one you think will put the most money in your pocket. What of the public domain? What of fair use rights? What of things not being made available? What of industry giants working together to maintain the status quo instead of competing? What of buying congresscritters to pass laws that prop up their buisness models instead letting them fail in the face of how they treat their customers?
How could anyone who cares about society support a system that keeps the ability to copy and improve from the people for up to 150 years or longer? Who knows how long people will live and how many copyright extensions there will be? To copy and improve is so natural it predates the human species the first stone tools were used by Homo habilis. I promise you, they made copies.
How can anyone who cares about society want to deny fair use rights by adding drm? How could anyone who cares about society pass the DMCA to make it illegal to break locks that prevent fair use?