| liquidninja said: @Zucas The quote's say that Copyright's are intended to benefit us. Not the creators. |
Reread what it says. Or better yet I'll point it out again.
"The sole interest of the United States and the primary object in conferring the [copyright] monopoly lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors." - Supreme Court
General benefits by the public FROM THE LABORS OF AUTHORS. Yes the quote does say benefit us. I'm glad you can get that out of it. But the quote means more than that. How does a copyright benefit the people? Well the supreme court states we are benefitted by the labors of authors. Their products and innovations benefit us. So obviously copyrights don't directly benefit the people or otherwise they would have left that last part out. The reason it is in there is exactly what I just told you. By securing exclusive rights to a created product, competition can be maintained. If competition is maintained, the monopolies, cartels, trust, etc can't be formed. Thus by ensuring that they can do thise gives us benefits. Copyrights ensure that their labors benefit us. But the benefits start with them being able to benefit from their products.
It's intention is to maintain competition, which in a capitalist ideology, benefits the consumer (people).
