Copyright is a mechanism that directly serves only a few, where - in its absence - a lot more people could benefit. There are, of course, valid justifications f

Copyright is a mechanism that directly serves only a few, where - in its absence - a lot more people could benefit. There are, of course, valid justifications for the existence of copyright. Like so often in politics, the difficult question is how to balance interests - and (like so often in politics), it's debatable whether the status quo has achieved at least something near a fair balance.