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Originally Posted by Mister Ed
Preservation of culture is one thing, the idea that everybody has a right to own their own copy free of charge is quite another, to my mind. There's an awful lot of artwork of various types that are preserved, but which I cannot access without making payment (and some which I cannot access at all, since they are held by people or organizations that do not allow easy access).
I would tend to agree that copyright extensions have gotten out of hand, but I see that as an argument in favor of addressing copyright law, not feeling free to ignore it.
The problem I see with entitlement is that it tends to lead to the creation of "rights" with no justification other than "I want it to be that way". There is a big difference between believing something SHOULD be a certain way, and working toward that as a goal, and believing something should be a certain way, and thus simply claiming it as a "right" and using that to justify ignoring the current circumstances.
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Maybe it would be easier to discuss if you presented your argument why copyright
should exist over old and non-published works, since we've only seen your attack of our 'anti'-arguments, which I'd say Agustin disposed of pretty well.
