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Re:Four Wikipedias to ‘Black Out’ over EU Copyright Directive by rutthenut on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:42AM (#19450416)
Copyright is far from a dinosaur. It may be disliked by freeloaders but that doesn't make it wrong.

I know of numerous photographers who find their work ripped-off; without copyright protection they would have no comeback on that.

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Re:Four Wikipedias to ‘Black Out’ over EU Copyright Directive by TuringTest on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:02AM (#19450525)
In a world where everyone has a copying machine in their pocket more powerful than anything built by mankind ever before, the economic value of a copy is zero.

Copyright is a power grab around that fact. It wouldn't matter as much if they didn't extend it to a duration of two lifetimes.

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