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> What is the argument for not protecting copyright? Copyright is censorship.

• dehrmann 8y ago
  The fair use doctrine provides enough outs that it's not outright censorship.
  • wolfgke 8y ago
    > The fair use doctrine provides enough outs that it's not outright censorship. In Germany's analogue to the US-American copyright law (Urheberrecht), there exists no fair use doctrine. EDIT: And even if we ignore this: a little less censorship is still a censorship.
    • dehrmann 8y ago
      There's a balance to strike between intellectual property and censorship.
• khazhoux 8y ago
  So is your position that all copyright should be eliminated? Or, that censorship is good but only for a limited amount of time? Or...?
  • wolfgke 8y ago
    > So is your position that all copyright should be eliminated? Or, that censorship is good but only for a limited amount of time? Or...? I just stated a logical fact. Understanding the interference rules of ZFC does not enable you to prove the Riemann hypothesis. Understanding the standard model does not enable you to build a transmutation engine. Understanding that copyright is censorship does not enable you to come up with a visionary plan what the best political steps are to handle this truth. --- But I personally think that it would at least be a small step into the right direction if people would internalize that free speech and copyright are contradictory to each other.
    • naniwaduni 8y ago
      > But I personally think that it would at least be a small step into the right direction if people would internalize that free speech and copyright are contradictory to each other. I'm not sure whether this would be a great victory for the cause of free speech or nail in the coffin for copyright reduction.