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Originally Posted by rcentros
Huh? What exactly is involved in the "cost of enforcing copyrights forever"? As far as I know, you pay a fee to the government to register your copyright. Once the copyright has been registered, it's up to you (the author) to take any copyright violators to court, not the government.
As for what the government gets back in return? — I was unaware that book sales were not taxed.
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The courts cost money. The people who enforce the court decisions cost money. Thus, enforcing copyrights costs money.
After some time, most books stop generating sales (or at least enough to make it worth putting up for sale). So, no revenue is generated to tax. However, the copyrights would still be in place and cost money to enforce.