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Originally Posted by Gogar
Yeah. Intellectual property rights be damned!!
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There it is again. . .take the argument to an illogical (strawman) extreme.
No one is saying "intellectual property rights be damned!!" I am simply saying that music (even the CRAP) gets way more legal protection than it ought to have. Take for example that stupid (yet culturally ubiquitous) 'Happy Birthday" song --which, btw, even when sung horribly afar from the original is supposed to get paid for use (like when used for a TV show scene)
Contrast that with real inventions. A life saving drug, perhaps? ...Millions of dollars invested. ..and only a few years of protection before society owns it.