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Copyright is supposed to be an incentive to creating things, with the ultimate benefit of an eventual richer public domain. Yet the author in your scenario didn
by snvzz 3y ago
Copyright is supposed to be an incentive to creating things, with the ultimate benefit of an eventual richer public domain. Yet the author in your scenario didn't lack the motivation.
Under the proposed system, he'd also be more likely to be encouraged to continue creating new works, rather than just retiring because of the one successful book.
- bdowling 3y agoUnder the proposed system, he probably would never have written anything because the most likely outcome is that he would gain nothing even if his works are successful.
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- snvzz 3y agoConsidering how much effort your hypothetical writer put into writing several books w/o getting any compensation makes me doubt their motivation was money. They would have long given up, if it was money.