[LAU] Changed: Copyright laws and such

[drew Roberts]

On Friday 15 February 2013 03:55:40 James Harkins wrote:
> Society felt it was unfair in the past that A could profit from B's
> work without paying a debt to A, resulting in the ghastly mess that is
> copyright law.

For all of my reading, this is an inaccurate, romanticised telling of the 
situation.

It was never meant to protect A or B but rather third parties.

all the best,

drew