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Originally Posted by gideongallery
cartel
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There is no cartel because the owners of copyright are not engaged in setting prices, production, or content.
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
you need to look up the legal definition of a monopoly then because the "exclusive rights" granted under the act clearly match the 4th definition.
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You speak of a nebulous copyright oligarchy where only a small group of individuals hold sway over an entire public. There can be no monopoly where the production of new goods is boundless.
The rights protecting a single expression cannot be a monopoly because there is no restriction to others for creating and distributing their own creative work.
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
right but you don't get to dictate how a person can use that house AFTER you sold it to them.
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The first word in your reply says it all. Your exception doesn't work when title isn't passed from seller to buyer, which is the case for copyright.
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Originally Posted by gideongallery
if contract law was the default protection, that would be the sole person you would go after, and your ability to get damages would be bound by the validity of the contract.
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Why even argue the point. Copyright is covered by tort law, and it applies to parties even when a formal agreement has not been made. Stop talking gibberish.