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so whats the suggestion?
Is this the same anonymous? If you register, that'll help us with the conversation :)
So - good ideas are scarce, and we need to create an incentive for people to come up with them or else they won't happen - is that the argument?
This was the original spirit of copyright - provide a limited term during which the author can be the sole party to exploit the work. The original copyright term in the US was 14 years.
Now we can see that this has been extended for the life of the author plus 75 years - 95 in the case of works owned by corporations. The result is that there is less and less work available for others to build upon.
I would advocate for a balance. Give the exclusivity as incentive to create, but recognize that this is a necessary evil that should only be employed for a limited term.