Here’s where the concept of ‘copyright’ all started.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensing_of_the_Press_Act_1662
The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 is an Act of the Parliament of England (14 Car. II. c. 33), long title “An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Bookes and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses.” It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.
The Act was originally limited to two years. The provisions as to importation of books, the appointment of licensers, and the number of printers and founders were practically re-enactments of the similar provisions in an order of the Star Chamber of 1637.
Printing presses were not to be set up without notice to the Stationers’ Company. A king’s messenger had power by warrant of the king or a secretary of state to enter and search for unlicensed presses and printing. Severe penalties by fine and imprisonment were denounced against offenders. The act was successively renewed up to 1679.
BULLCRAP! Copyright is the only thing protecting those who create the music, books, and have intelligence enough to do so as a career. God given talent was meant to be used to make a living...it takes time to write book, be a composer, or create a play, or other talented artistic expression.
No copyright means why waste your time?
What next? No patents on engineered ideas, so the people like the owner of AMAZON.COM can steal your items to sell without paying a royalty? Of course, that’s what Amazon does now...if you give them something copyrighted to sell, then you agree that they can lower the price to suit themselves. Period. Predator society.
Those too lazy or stupid to create just steal without paying, that’s what’s being promoted here...with the NO Copyright idea.
Thousands of authors, musicians, and others are being ripped off by those, just like this man who want someone else’s hard work but do not want to pay for it!
Anyone on this thread who thinks that is okay is a thief themselves imho...no respect for God’s talents that he gave to people as a way to develop and make a living.
The foundations of copyright may not have originated in a free society, however, over the years it has been a Godsend to those whose talents would have been abused and exploited by the wealthy.