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Comment Re:intellectual property tax (Score 1) 303

Isn't that the point? Copyright is not a right, it's an artificial, governement granted structure designed to allow the creator time to make a profit on their creation. If there is no value in the creation, then copyright should not be needed.

And copyright is automatically granted (as opposed to trademarks), so if someone *does* make money of your creation at a later date, while still under protection, then you have a legal right to challenge the copier in court to regain the now-non-zero value of your property...

I personally don't think copyright, per se, is wrong - but I strongly agree that it's lasts to long - especially for digital artifacts.

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