Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:03:43 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] |
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Rik van Riel wrote: > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Robert White wrote: > > 1) the author has a right to profit from his creation > > Not at all. Copyright law is to promote the progress of > sciences and arts; in short, it is about the rights of > mankind, not about the rights of authors. > > The temporary monopoly which authors get over their work > is there to encourage authors to create more works, which > in turn benefit all of mankind. Just a side effect to > promote the good of the many.
The author has a right to profit from his creation _so as_ to promote the good of the many.
The two views are not contradictory.
-- Jamie
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