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by csnover 1211 days ago
> After all, what is the point of copyright? To protect the interest of human creators.

Sorry if I’ve missed your point here, but the purpose of copyright in the United States, as written in its constitution, is to promote the progress of science and useful arts[0], not to protect the interests of creators. The exclusive license to creators is a means to an end.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_St...

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> The Congress shall have Power [...] to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

That sounds like protecting the interests of human creators so they keep creating, to me at least.