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Comment by vannevar

As you make content easier to create and distribute, you will inevitably make it easier to break copyright law.

You also make copyright law itself less necessary. Its primary purpose is not to protect authors and creators, but rather to incentivize distributors. That's where all the cost and risk was when copyright originated. Now that distribution costs have dropped to nearly nothing, there is little necessity for copyright.

parent vannevar 15 years ago

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