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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by eurleif on Saturday May 17, 2014 @10:13PM (#7761894)
>If that's not the purpose, why even have copyright at all?

To encourage creative works. This may or may not lead to expanding the public domain, but those are not equivalent.

>These are referenced in the US Constitution itself.

The constitution references encouraging creativity. It does not reference expanding the public domain.

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