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fsckboy
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Blogger defeats photographer's copyright claim
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Copyright is primarily about protecting your ecconomic rights
no, copyright is about creating an economic right where one didn't exist before.
bawolff
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Copyright didn't come out of nothing, it largely evolved out of censorship regimes. Having copyright being about protecting authors economic rights instead of being about censorship or printer's ecconomic interests, was a huge step forward.
pluralmonad
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So mostly it is restricting natural property rights.
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no, copyright is about creating an economic right where one didn't exist before.