>Copyright doesn't just benefit huge corporations. For instance, without it, independent artists who rely on copying for distribution (authors, musicians, etc.) would find it much more difficult to make money off their work,
That doesn't look like it's the point to me.
""[the United States Congress shall have power] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right , to their respective Writings and Discoveries." "
As I read that, copyright is there to 'promote progress', not to maximize gains.
No doubt there is a million linear feet of case law that got us where we are.
Honestly, I rather like this whole question of copilot. I solidly appreciate the brilliance of github as a honeypot.
That doesn't look like it's the point to me.
""[the United States Congress shall have power] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right , to their respective Writings and Discoveries." "
As I read that, copyright is there to 'promote progress', not to maximize gains.
No doubt there is a million linear feet of case law that got us where we are.
Honestly, I rather like this whole question of copilot. I solidly appreciate the brilliance of github as a honeypot.