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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 10-Sep-2020 19:49:05 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   > The root of the problem is copyright ... I think the root of the problem is that musicians, artists, photographers, actors, writers, and so on BELIEVE that copyright is what keeps them from going hungry, and that they are therefore willing to submit to the control of the media mega-corporations. In exchange, a few of them get shockingly high amounts of money, but the overwhe…
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 10-Sep-2020 20:08:59 EDT LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     I also think that copyrights last much longer than they should. Their purpose should be to motivate creators to produce things that will eventually end up in the public domain. Do we really need life span plus 70 years to do that? What about “work for hire”? Does creating for a corporation’s benefit motivate people to create more than they would if they had some particul…