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No, copyright exists to say, I made this, I get to control how it's distributed.
by pionar 12y ago
No, copyright exists to say, I made this, I get to control how it's distributed.
- TheCoelacanth 12y agoNo, copyright exists to incentivize the creation of new works for the benefit of society.
- dragonwriter 12y agoYou're both right. Grandparent is more correct as to why, historically, copyright as a monopoly grant was first created, but parent is correct as to the explicit Constitutional provision granting Congress the power to create copyright (and patents, etc.) in the US system, and generally the most commonly accepted reason for the continuation of copyright in the modern world.
- forgottenpass 12y agoTo promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.