Understanding the root cause and the dangers of this shift requires exposing
the most fundamental and most common misconception concerning the underlying
purpose of the monopoly granted by our copyright law. The primary purpose of
copyright is not, as many people believe, to protect authors against those
who would steal the fruits of their labor. However, this misconception,
repeated so often that it has become accepted among the public as true,
poses serious dangers to the core purpose that copyright law is designed to
serve.
Open Spaces
Magazine - The Purpose of Copyright by Lydia Pallas Loren
[via Camworld]
Are we slowing heading towards a time when only corporations can own
intellectual property? I'm sure corporations wouldn't mind …
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