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by kemayo 2011 days ago
> 2). Copyright exists and generally must be enforced lest the holder wishes to lose their rights.

You're thinking of trademarks. Copyright isn't affected by enforcement in the same way.

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A bit OT, but my favorite use-it-or-lose-it trademark example: the Standard Oil gas station on Van Ness in SF (it looks almost exactly like a Chevron station).