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How do you ensure the copy you buy isn't adulterated and modified? One benefit of copyright is that the author can ensure the "real" one is shared... which you

• AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  Trivially solved with hashing or signing. Copyright as a legal mechanism is unnecessary to ensure 'legitimacy'. Copyright is useful for preventing others from using characters you created, but frankly I don't see the value in that. Moreover, it isn't even effective as fan fiction is incredibly common anyway. We can see how this would work with the proliferation of open source and the commonness of forks. It really isn't a big deal.
  • account42 5y ago
    Copyrights are not only unnecessary for ensuring that the work you receive matches the original as copyright holders are free to make modifications. Worse, with the current copyright system the copyright holders can prevent the original from being distributed at all.