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Surely the issue you speak of is largely due to duration? What's wrong with an author (for example) having exclusive rights to a book for 20 or 30 years? Should
by fc417fc802 10mo ago
Surely the issue you speak of is largely due to duration? What's wrong with an author (for example) having exclusive rights to a book for 20 or 30 years? Shouldn't that be expected to increase his ability to create additional works?
- ottah 10mo agoSo if we're talking about the extraordinary power of the state to enforce a right, it has to be in the interest of the public. What is the desirable state we're getting at? Are we maximizing the published creative works, are we concerned with making writing a profession, do we even want culture to be tied to economic activity? Seeing what fans produce with fiction and costumes; I have no doubt that we would have a vibrant and active world of art and fiction without an economic incentive. Do we as a society value the market or the art, and to what degree each?