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Testudio
9y ago
You know why patents and drugs have short terms, but copyright is very long? Because the thing it is protecting is a luxury. It is unnecessary. No one will die if Mickey Mouse remains copyrighted in perpetuity, and the progress of humanity
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Testudio
9y ago
I am going to be a contrarian here. The significance of the issue is overblown. Copyright does not meaningfully harm creativity. Sure, you can't publish your Harry Potter fanfiction. But you can borrow all the themes you want from it.