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by pixl97 1343 days ago
I would go as far to say a vast amount of our creative economic output would cease tomorrow if we had strict 'right to read' copyright enforcement. You can also thank Disney for extending copyright beyond all reason.
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but we aren't talking about right to read. we are talking about right to read and then regurgitate and distribute/sell a derivative work of what you read with substantial similarities such that it harms the market for the original work.