I find it very interesting that many of these copyright laws are in place especially in this country. The United States has for years prided itself on its democratic ways, its love of freedom, and that our economy is pushed forward by our "free" market. These copyright laws are taking away the essence of a free market by destroying comeptition and basically making it illegal to even attempt it. These copyright laws allow larger companies with larger wallets to slowly squeeze the life out of smaller companies as well as the squeeze the life out many popular works that are now sitting on a shelf. Many artists when asked about file sharing say they dont mind it and in fact they like it. It gets their music out there and circulating but at the same time there are bands like Metallica who will sue anyone at the drop of a hat if their music is sharred, "pirated", or altered.
On top of taking the essence of the free market, many copyright laws take away our freedom of speech. Song writers, authors, novelists, reporters and the like have all at one point referenced and borrowed copyrighted material from popular culture in an effort to make their writings more relatable to the public...this is called free speech, and the constant legal battles these people go through becasue of copyright laws is taking away the right to free speech...another major aspect our country has prided itself on. I think its put perfectly on page 72 by Tim Quirks when hes discussing copyright law, "that has more potential to supress authors than it does to motivate them." He says this regarding the "goofiness" of the lawsuit made by Bozo the Clown against him.
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