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> The fact that a market is free doesn't mean that producers can't sell on the terms they want. Copyright laws stand in the way of a free market. If there was
by wolfgke 13y ago
> The fact that a market is free doesn't mean that producers can't sell on the terms they want.
Copyright laws stand in the way of a free market. If there was a free market anybody could make a copy of some content and sell it (perhaps they would have to pay parts of the profit to the original owners, but nevertheless anybody would basically allowed to sell what they want: that's what a free market is about).
- rayiner 13y agoFree market != anarchy. Copyright doesn't stand in the way of a free market any more than the property rights that keep me from hacking into Facebook and creating a competitor with its database.