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Question: Even books written today will be free for all in your ideal world?
all forms of copying are morally permissible (without commercial use), because some forms of copying are permissible and there is not a logical distinction between various forms of copying.
2. Why did morality even come here?
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There are two forces at work. The existence of copyright on the one hand means that the effort of creating learning materials is split between freely available and not freely available materials. On the other hand, it creates more (financial) incentives to create learning materials. Maybe removing copyright would result in more learning materials to be freely available (or maybe not), but at the same time it may also…
That is a fair analysis, and I generally agree. But a copyright reform wouldn’t mean there is no way at all for you to monetise your great quality learning materials. In my ideal world it would mean you can monetise them for a reasonable time and after that time they become a public good. We could also come up with better monetisation strategies for such materials. But what really grinds my gears for example now my g…
1. One with all content free (the original comment)
2. One with “reasonable” monetization (this comment and current situation in the real world)
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They've got no incentive to prioritize free use over protecting corporate interests. And evidence shows this holds in practice, when it's not necessary for them to. Welcome to "regulation by free market" (in other words, regulation by incumbent private interests)
Which means governments need to incentivise such priorities. Find a government that promotes their citizens above neoptistic and/or commercial interests and I'm sure they'll get right on to it ...
And I don't believe that progress happens by us imagining a rule toward a more perfect society and then government following to enact it