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Re:Medium tries to prevent people reading deleted articles o... by bachmeier on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:26AM (#16967273)
I don't understand your point. "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right" means others cannot print copies of your books.
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Re:Medium tries to prevent people reading deleted articles o... by aeorgnoieang on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:12AM (#16967665)
> for limited times

The author's exclusive rights are only intended to be temporary. Once they're no longer secured, the work can be used by anyone for any purpose.

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