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by apodysophilia 2327 days ago
There is no right to be free from competition.
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But unfair competition is often legislated against.

Without copyright, competition would not be for the ability to create -it would be for the ability to distribute. The end result would be much the same as we have now - an oligopoly of distribution channels, only they'd pay the artists less, if anything.

There is no right to be free from competition.