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People did write before copyright. Copyright was established to make it more likely. Yes, people write for other reasons (e.g., self-promotion). But that does
by adamc 3y ago
People did write before copyright. Copyright was established to make it more likely.
Yes, people write for other reasons (e.g., self-promotion). But that does not account for "most authors" I would actually want to read.
I'm not against copyright being different, especially for things that are written as work-for-hire. But that's a fight with Disney. Good luck.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> People did write before copyright. Copyright was established to make it more likely. No, it was established to make investing in printing presses more profitable, which is why the rights initially attached to printers. Authors as the locus of rights were a later change.