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Copyrights are strictly about public value. There is no legal basis for copyright to exist in the US except to promote the creation of more works.
by TheCoelacanth 8y ago
Copyrights are strictly about public value. There is no legal basis for copyright to exist in the US except to promote the creation of more works.
- toasterlovin 8y agoThat that is the particular legal basis for copyright does not preclude copyright having a moral element as well. I think people would widely agree that it is only fair for the creator of a work to have some exclusive claim to its use for some amount of time. My original comment did get some upvotes, for whatever that’s worth.