> What makes you think that you should ever be able to take for free, something that someone else created?...I think a content creator should be able to place any copyright terms on their work.
When it isn't backed by natural scarcity, but through gov't regulation.
People can currently keep control of copyrightable goods forever -- it's called not sharing the good. If they want to publish the good, there are natural consequences. These natural consequences are adjusted by gov't protection through copyright.
I could just as well ask you why you think people should be able to take for free, gov't protection of their intangible works forever without ever giving back.
Copyright is a gov't invented "right." The only reason the right is even offered is that there is supposed to be mutual benefit for the creators and the general public.
When it isn't backed by natural scarcity, but through gov't regulation.
People can currently keep control of copyrightable goods forever -- it's called not sharing the good. If they want to publish the good, there are natural consequences. These natural consequences are adjusted by gov't protection through copyright.
I could just as well ask you why you think people should be able to take for free, gov't protection of their intangible works forever without ever giving back.
Copyright is a gov't invented "right." The only reason the right is even offered is that there is supposed to be mutual benefit for the creators and the general public.