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You're just regurgitating what the current laws state. The whole point of this discussion is that said current laws lead to most media effectively becoming lost after a certain period of time and this is a problem, so the law should be changed.


No, I'm saying that the principle underlying those laws is sound and should be respected. We're not entitled to other people's work product!


We literally are, as evidenced by an expiry point at which all copyrighted works are available to everyone.


We are not entitled to reproduction monopolies.


The Constitution says otherwise.


The American constitution permits Congress to grant temporary reproduction monopolies. Not compels.


And to be even more clear: The constitution has to explicitly permit copyright because otherwise it would be an unconstitutional limitation of people's rights, most importantely of free speech.




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