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Originally Posted by perversity
Wow, creative people owe the world, that is a very unique idea. I'm glad the supreme court doesn't agree.
Using an idea as inspiration is not breaking copyright, and that's not what I'm arguing. Building upon an idea is legal and ok as long as you cite that original idea, otherwise we couldn't do research papers in school. Maybe you should try to understand the laws that you think are so unjust before you engage in this type of discussion  |
So your argument is that copyright comes free of charge? That all the people of the world just give control of parts of culture for fun? They do owe the world as the cost of copyright. Limited time is what you pay to get any protection at all or what's the point? Maybe you should try to understand the law, start with the 1709 statute of Anne and then move on to the letters between Jefferson and Madison
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I like the declaration of rights as far as it goes, but I should have been for going further. For instance, the following alterations and additons would have pleased me... Article 9. Monopolies may be allowed to persons for their own productions in literature, and their own inventions in the arts, for a term not exceeding ___ years, but for no longer term, and for no other purpose.
Thomas Jefferson August 28, 1789
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