The most common justification given for copyright law is that it helps creators make a living. Yet instead of helping indie musician Edwyn Collins, a corporation with absolutely no claim to Edwyns work was able to step in and prevented him from distributing his own work online through the employment of spurious copyright allegations. I [...] read more »
Wasnt the whole purpose of copyright to allow artists, musicians, and authors to make a living? — @coyo Well. No. Although the privilege of copyright was granted to writers (and later extended to other creators), they had a very limited ability to make copies. A writer could copy the manuscript by hand and sell copies [...] read more »
