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0 pointsStaticRedux8y ago0 comments

I'm sure anyone who is a content creator would disagree with you. The only reason to abolish copyright would be to freely copy, steal, and use other people's works without compensation or even attribution. It can easily take more than two years to even write a thorough and well-researched article or book. Would you spend two years of your life creating something with the knowledge that it can be freely stolen and resold by other people the day you release it?

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nfoz8y ago

> Would you spend two years of your life creating something with the knowledge that it can be freely stolen and resold by other people the day you release it?

That's the dream of the Free Software movement, n'est-ce pas?

When you release something without restriction, it brings the whole civilization forward.

The problem is monetizing the creation of the work, which doesn't have to be done by the business-model of restricting its usage. Indeed the latter seems like a violation of individual freedoms that I'm not sure should be allowed by legal contract.

oldandtired8y ago

It cannot be stolen if you still have the original. It can only be copied. To steal something requires you removing from the possession of the owner. Making a copy is not stealing. But you can steal someone's reputation.

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