> Sadly, many see the current system as a tool to punish and withhold, not a tool to recognise and reward (Neelie Kroes) As far as I know, copyright's primary

> Sadly, many see the current system as a tool to punish and withhold, not a tool to recognise and reward (Neelie Kroes) As far as I know, copyright's primary goal originally wasn't to "recognize and reward", but to increase the output in creative works. And even if it is recognition and reward, it is done through punishment and withholding (state granted monopoly that if infringed, causes fines). I'd rather judge legislation by its actual consequences rather than by its professed intentions. And my impression is that copyright causes much more punishment and withholding than it does recognition and reward.