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Copying Contracts

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Submitted by sneakin on Sun, 2006/01/29 - 08:51.

Originally posted in response to Prohibiting the Useful Arts?.

Coincidently I was thinking about copyright earlier tonight. Before any government codified copyright we had contracts. That appeals to me at one level, but I noted a problem with that tonight. The typical copying contract would prevent you from copying a work or invention forever. The creator would have no incentive to do otherwise, and that sounds a lot like today’s copyright law.

In light of that, the reason why government would want to codify copyrights would be to prevent the creator from placing his work under lock and key forever. I’m not a legal expert, but doesn’t law trump a contract?

Here in the US it was invested in Congress to strike a balance between the creators and their fellows. It is a door way for the government to allow unlimited copying of a creation which would have been prevented under your typical copying contract.

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