| ▲ | fsckboy a day ago | |
>Copyright is primarily about protecting your ecconomic rights no, copyright is about creating an economic right where one didn't exist before. | ||
| ▲ | bawolff 19 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Copyright didn't come out of nothing, it largely evolved out of censorship regimes. Having copyright being about protecting authors economic rights instead of being about censorship or printer's ecconomic interests, was a huge step forward. | ||
| ▲ | pluralmonad 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
So mostly it is restricting natural property rights. | ||