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Since when have we ever had no copyright? I don't believe that a system whose primary purpose is to give certain people the "right" to attack others with litiga
by spacelizard 13y ago
Since when have we ever had no copyright? I don't believe that a system whose primary purpose is to give certain people the "right" to attack others with litigation will ever succeed in fueling innovation. The only thing copyright does is pit people against each other.
It seems to me that the entire system needs to be removed and replaced with another system with the primary goal of giving authors more control over how they get credit for their works.
- sdoering 13y agoWell, I would say round about 303 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne
- lucian1900 13y agoThere was a time before copyright and authors did have trouble with their works being used by others for profit without recompense. It is likely the same would happen now if copyright didn't exist at all. Very short copyright could work, though.