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> It's pedantic to say it, but copyright is not directly intended to help creators; its purpose is to enrich the public by inspiring creators to produce more. H
by nitwit005 4y ago
> It's pedantic to say it, but copyright is not directly intended to help creators; its purpose is to enrich the public by inspiring creators to produce more. Helping creators profit/benefit from their work is a means to an end.
If you look at the history, the purpose is to enrich publishers, and everything else is simply to make the legislation more palatable.
If there was truly concern about enriching the public domain, the system would be dramatically different.
- gcanyon 4y agoSure, you can point out how it works in practice, but the concept of "for the public good" is in the literal description in the constitution.