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Marketing campaigns make people "want very badly" what they can't have. Yet they can, and they don't even have to pay for it. At some level, the copyright issu
by stephengillie 14y ago
Marketing campaigns make people "want very badly" what they can't have. Yet they can, and they don't even have to pay for it.
At some level, the copyright issue is just a question of "wants" vs "needs" of humans. When does "wanting something badly enough" become "needing" it? Are we addicted to content -- are Big Media the dealers leeching off our habit?
- debacle 14y agoNo.
- jivatmanx 14y agoNot everything copyrighted is a throwaway popular culture movie. If they were, perhaps it would be justifiable to completely eliminate public domain. Everything after 1923 is in copyright, and thus affects an era even before movies with recorded sound were even invented.
- stephengillie 14y agoI've read this several times and I'm still not able to understand what you mean. Part of your post seems like it's opposing mine, while another part is supporting mine...