Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

Dan L. Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
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> Consequently, consumers of the good should only have to pay for it to
> the extent necessary to induce the creator to create it in the first
> place.

     So you would also require manufacturers, say, to reduce the price of their products once the development costs earn out, landlords to reduce their rents once they've paid the mortgage, and lawyers to reduce their rates once they're repaid their student loans? My god, you're a Pinko!

• Mike Bradley National Writers Union and a Fellow Pinko <michael[_at_]vision-soft.com>