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Piracy undermines the creators' rights still. And I think that a legal framework should do its job

• throwaway48476 2y ago
  Creators were never supposed to have indefinite rights. Copyright has an expiration date to balance fhe rights of the public and author.
  • johnnyanmac 2y ago
    sure, and we can adjust that without abolishing copyright, nor justifying what is basically theft to go around it. I don't know why every-time this conversation comes up peopel instantly go to "abolish copyright". Is no one else here a creator of some kind?
  • account42 2y ago
    In the US the author's rights don't even come into the motivation. They don't exist a priori as free speech would let you share any "IP" you want. The temporary monopoly is ONLY granted to encourage more creation, not as a recognition of author rights. In the EU it's a bit more complicated but I still don't see authors rights as a primary motivator for copyright specifically.