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The copyblight strikes again.
This decision was the logical one, however, it was only rendered logical because of the awful state of copyright law.
Time to consider the other direction, then. What's the opposite of 'right'? Besides 'wrong', I mean
Copyleft.
That's the tricky part - if I write a book I might need the money from selling it to survive (and a lot of shop workers may rely on it too).
However, I think the copyright most people resent is the kind that stops you building on top of something without having a legal department handy. The overlong nature of copyright is also extremely problematic.
Copyblight is this in action - it's a video strike by a legal department for showing 0.1 seconds too much audio, the killing of a free fan game, and the gating of knowledge a century old behind a journal paywall.
I think removing those claws, and reducing copyright duration somewhat would be the route forward.