every now and then I like to point out that not every country has the same understanding as to the purposes of copyright as the U.S, in fact this whole promotio

every now and then I like to point out that not every country has the same understanding as to the purposes of copyright as the U.S, in fact this whole promotion thing seems to be a specifically American argument (although obviously not familiar with every country in the world so many some other countries also have this conception and I'm not familiar with it - maybe some countries that based their national laws on the U.S for example) on edit: I just realized that of course British copyright law is also very similar to the American model.