The key problem is that copyright infringement by a private individual is regarded by the court as something so serious that it negates the right to privacy. It’s a sign of the twisted values that copyright has succeeded on imposing on many legal systems. It equates the mere copying of a digital file with serious crimes that merit a prison sentence, an evident absurdity.

This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.

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      You don’t pay a plumber every single time you use his work 15 yrs after his death.

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      To retain copyright:-

      $2^n for year n

      $1 for year 1

      $2 for year 2

      $4 for year 3

      $1k for year 10

      $32k for year 15

      $1m for year 20

      $1bn for year 30

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        Why, though? It still pointlessly favors people who already have money. Just get rid of it.

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            You are desperate to give rich fucks an avenue to maintain an advantage over everyone else.

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              No. I want to give small creators a tool to stop their work being stolen in the short term.

              But I also want to force copyright monopolists to pay ever increasing tax on the property they hold that should really be in the public domain.

              My proposal also means orphan works no longer exist.