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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by realityking on Monday December 29, 2014 @12:36PM (#8810777)
The GPL is enforceable thanks to copyright. So if copyright was abolished, the GPL would loose all meaning.

The point I'm trying to make is, that the protection offered by copyright extends beyond monetytization as it's often reduced to. (understandable in a capitalist econonmy, where Almosen everything has a price) Instead it allows the right holder to limit how it's distributed or attach conditions to the distribution. The GPL with its limitations on how I may use a piece of software licensed under it is one outgrowth of that. If you reject copyright, especially for digital goods, you should be fine with the GPL becoming useless.

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Re:Save, Create and Run Your Own Pirate Bay by stefantalpalaru on Monday December 29, 2014 @01:06PM (#8810928)
> If you reject copyright, especially for digital goods, you should be fine with the GPL becoming useless.

You have a point. Yes, the loss of enforceable licenses would be acceptable in a system without artificial means to stop the flow of data. It's not like most of us have the means to go to court over GPL infringements anyway.

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