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The british historian thomas macaulay once remarked that copyrights are attacks on readers.
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So in what sense are copyrights attacks on readers? and if copyrights are attacks on readers, why do the government enact them? so the first part of the question in what sense are copyright attacks on readers? so copyrights generally give the creator of a book or film or music the rights to use is our creation.
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For example, if i sing or i write, i can put a copyright on my work so that people have to use it legitimately.
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So if they want to take part of my music to produce something or to do something else, they have to use it legitimately.
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So the copyright gives a creator the exclusive right to use their creation, which other way they want it.
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So it restricts like the reproduction.
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And that's why most movies say, you know, you can't reproduce anything.
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Part of the movie or take any part of the copyright material...