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When someone presents some information publicly, copying it is a natural right. Copyright can only be legitimized as the state sponsoring short-term monopolies in select areas to subsidize industries that benefit the public (from receiving the said subsidies). Obviously, a technology that let’s the public creative the desired output with little cost is the sort of thing that can eliminate the need for such subsidization in the first place.


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