Re:Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done
by CRConrad on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:55PM
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>> copyright was designed “for a limited time” that is why your copyright should expire.
> That’s just circular, not a reason.
Oh, sure -- but no more circular than:
>>> I was talking about within a society that already has copyright. Let me ask it another way: assuming that we have a copyright system, why should my copyrights ever expire?
...now is it? The obvious counter-question is, why should you have any copyright at all; why should we assume that we have a copyright system in the first place?
> The explanation & philosophy behind limited terms isn’t justified with “because it was designed with limited terms”
No, exactly. So, as the article says: Limited terms are a practical compromise between the per se equally unjustifiable extremes of "no copyright at all" and "eternal copyright". So what's the use of even asking for some principled a-priori-rationable reason in response to an article that explains why precisely that is not attainable?
> That’s just circular, not a reason.
Oh, sure -- but no more circular than:
>>> I was talking about within a society that already has copyright. Let me ask it another way: assuming that we have a copyright system, why should my copyrights ever expire?
...now is it? The obvious counter-question is, why should you have any copyright at all; why should we assume that we have a copyright system in the first place?
> The explanation & philosophy behind limited terms isn’t justified with “because it was designed with limited terms”
No, exactly. So, as the article says: Limited terms are a practical compromise between the per se equally unjustifiable extremes of "no copyright at all" and "eternal copyright". So what's the use of even asking for some principled a-priori-rationable reason in response to an article that explains why precisely that is not attainable?