> [Copyright] is a societal evil.

Such an extreme and emotional statement makes me think you've never really thought it through. For instance: without copyright the GPL is nothing. Also without copyright, all of the profit made on creative works (of a perhaps smaller pie) would get be kept by distributors like Amazon or Netflix. Authors wouldn't get a dime anymore, it'll all go to the likes of Bezos.

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nullc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

RMS will happily tell you that he'd trade enforcability of the GPL for the non-existence of copyright.

	▲	palmotea 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> RMS will happily tell you that he'd trade enforcability of the GPL for the non-existence of copyright. Thankfully, RMS is not my guru. Copyright is a valuable legal technology. It should be reformed to curb abuses, but we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater.