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I don't think the reason for copyright law is compensation, per se. It's ownership: being in a position where the creator is able to decide what to do with it.

I don't think the reason for copyright law is compensation, per se. It's ownership: being in a position where the creator is able to decide what to do with it. Compensation being one option, but also restricting use our controlling access.

bediger4000 1mo ago
That's the US constitutional reason. Give a creator a temporary monopoly so as to compensate them for ultimately making the public domain larger.
boxed 1mo ago
Ownership is the proxy they could figure out. It's not more complicated than that.