why, other than intellectual greed (i.e. wanting access to something you didn create) should the duration of copyright be shortened?
There is no greed in wanting something of which there is an unlimited supply. Ideas don’t run out, and sharing good ideas makes everyone richer. Furthermore, no one is entitled to compensation for work they undertook on their own. Look at all the great artists who died poor. Fair? no. Life isn’t fair. Yet people will continue to create great art. If it requires great effort to copy, and you request a copy, you should pay for it. If it requires a single click to copy, and you make that copy yourself, then no one need be paid. Interstingly, I agree with your premise… Copyright shouldn’t be shortened… It should be abolished entirely. Unfortunately, this scares most people (who don’t realize that there was a time before copyright, and art still existed), so in the meantime a compromise (working towards abolishment) seems reasonable. • “For example, an automobile factory worker does not contribute any of their physical possessions into the product, and yet, I’m sure most people would co
