On 17 Jan 2003, Paul wrote:
If copyright suddenly disappeared, people would still
write stories,
sing songs, program computers and society at-large would continue.
True, or did creativity start when copyright laws were put into effect?
The generally quality of works would probably be lower
so copyright in
general is probably good for society.
There is an inifinite body of work that precedes copyright law which is
greater in quality than anything being produced today ;)
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