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Creation Always Involves Building Upon Something Else. There Is No Art That Doesn't Reuse. And There Will Be Less Art If Every Reuse Is Taxed By The Appropriator.

"writing" Is The Latin Of Our Times. The Modern Language Of The People Is Video And Sound.

Of All The Creative Work Produced By Humans Anywhere, A Tiny Fraction Has Continuing Commercial Value. For That Tiny Fraction, The Copyright Is A Crucially Important Legal Device.

For However Much The State May Gain By Not Having To Fund Roads On Its Own, Society Would Lose In Aggregate If The Open Commons Of Transportation Were Lost.

I'm A Lawyer. I Make Lawyers For A Living.