>> Copyright is a moral evil > Please elaborate. I think your parent was expressing the inherent tradeoff in Copyright. On the one hand, the country has a ve

>> Copyright is a moral evil > Please elaborate. I think your parent was expressing the inherent tradeoff in Copyright. On the one hand, the country has a vested interested in allowing citizens to participate in culture. That doesn't just mean consuming, but also modifying and creating using inspiration from other parts of culture. On the other hand, the country recognizes that the generation of cultural artifacts is greatly increased if creators have limited monopoly rights over their creations so they can more easily make a living creating them. I'm not sure if I would call it a "moral evil", but I can understand how one could.