'Copyright law should be abolished entirely. No one can legitimately own creative works.'
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by seraphblade on 2005-09-29 19:20:50Copyright could be changed to provide its same benefits (incentive to create) while removing its harmful and very real costs to society present in its current form:
-Shorter term-most creative work has, within 5 years, either made a profit or never will. Copyright should not be longer then this, then-it still would provide financial incentive without providing an excessively long restriction term.
-Returning to mandatory registration would eliminate the problems of "orphan works" and "untraceable holders"-anyone who wishes to present a work commercially would make use of a free and easy registration system, while allowing use to be made of the work of those who do not choose to explicitly register.
-Copyright should be considered an industrial regulation preventing unlicensed commercial use, not a restriction on individual consumers.
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by anonymous on 2005-12-21 15:53:49
I disagree with your solution, and affirm the resolution that copyright should be abolished.
There is only a benefit to the very small minority. Whether or not someone has sole ownership of an idea, they can still make profit. The difference is there would be competition, which is a good thing.
Mandatory registration is needless paperwork when information should be free. If someone wants to sell a product of information, they should be allowed, but if I want to make and sell my own product to compete, this should be allowed too. This will only benefit the majority, either through price drops or quality increases.
unlicensed commercial use of information to create products only allows for price gouging, and a lack of competition, which is what capitalism is based on.
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