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by boxed 1306 days ago
Stallman is pretty hard FOR copyright. The strong guarantees of "free software" is 100% based on strong copyright law.
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That's not what i get from reading him https://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/07/06/richard-m-stallman-co...

My favorite part:

>Copyright Now

>Now with digital data and computer networks, it much easier for us to copy and manipulate information

> Digital technology has changed the effect of copyright law

> Copyright used to be a power that was:

> wielded by authors

> over publishers

> to yield benefits to the public

> Now it’s a power that is:

> wielded by publishers

> to punish the public

> in the name of the authors

> Now the public wants to copy and share — what would a democratic government do?