> against the law and the people who worked very hard to bring new books into being. The problem is that U.S. copyright law is twisted to reward corporations o

> against the law and the people who worked very hard to bring new books into being. The problem is that U.S. copyright law is twisted to reward corporations over authors and artists. Copyright extending automatically to almost everything, and lasting life of the author+70 years, is absolutely ridiculous. All of these copyrights floating around everywhere, lasting lifetimes and accumulating at an unimaginable rate serve primarily to interfere with the free exchange of information and the development of our culture. The vast majority of copyrighted works - easily 99.999% - will go unenforced by the original authors, turning into rights landmines. The lion’s share of those that are enforced are enforced by copyright trolls against innocent creators. This system is horrible and often does the opposite of what was intended: “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”