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>>Copyright limitations are a reasonable thing for society to extend to content producers.

No they really are not, and have never been

Copyright, historically, is a tool for Information Gatekeeping, censorship, and profiteering. Not one of benfiting the Creators of content

See the Talk on the History of Copyright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhBpI13dxkI

We see this every day in the modern era where copyright is used to censor critics, prevent research (especially security research), and prevents more content from being created by locking up ideas for over a century

Copyright is a Negative for Society, and for Creators




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