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> To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings an
by MereInterest 8y ago
> To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Promoting the arts definitely sounds like extracting maximum value.
- habitue 8y agoI think Spivak's comment was talking about the "de facto" purpose as born out by experience. I usually don't like being cynical, but it seems copyright legislation is one of those areas where it's hard to be overly pessimistic
- lsiebert 8y agoprogress is promoted when people can use existing stuff. Just look at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and other things remixing existing public domain stuff.
- MereInterest 8y agoSorry, I forgot how poorly sarcasm translates over text. I completely agree, and think that the current copyright period is far too long, preventing expansion on existing works.