Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Robert White wrote:
> > 1) the author has a right to profit from his creation
>
> Not at all. Copyright law is to promote the progress of
> sciences and arts; in short, it is about the rights of
> mankind, not about the rights of authors.
>
> The temporary monopoly which authors get over their work
> is there to encourage authors to create more works, which
> in turn benefit all of mankind. Just a side effect to
> promote the good of the many.
The author has a right to profit from his creation _so as_ to
promote the good of the many.
The two views are not contradictory.
-- Jamie
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