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