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I thought I’d expand on mat’s point a bit (not the nazi point which is pointless because of Godwin's law)
The point of copyright isn't to prevent anyone from copying your work. All works are supposed to enter the commons where others are free to do whatever they want with them. Copyright is meant to encourage people to add work to the commons by giving them full rights to their work for a period of time. This stops others taking their work and encourages the artist to do further works.
The current system is broken because nothing is going into the commons, current copyright terms are life plus 80 years when it started at 28 years.
Plus things like DMCA make copyright violations a criminal offence not just a matter for the civil courts.
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