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Copyright and patent protection laws do indeed serve the public interest
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copyright laws protect original expression from unauthorised reproduction or adaptation Copyright encourages creativity and artistic production knowledge and ideas should not be owned or controlled, but distributed freely throughout society for anyone's use	Copyright prevents a work from being improved and redistributed by those who may be more qualified than the original author Copyright simply enriches a few in the society copyright and patent protection hinder the development of arts and free expression Some people who cannot afford the products with copyright will never have the chance to use the products

Copyright simply enriches a few in the society
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for example, in the music industry, it's always large music companies rather than artists that are being benefited Copyright places the good of the the creator over the good of the public

Copyright encourages creativity and artistic production
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legal protection of the artists' future income provide the necessary motivation as well as security for many valuable books and artworks to be created Copyright finances the creation and distribution of a wide variety of works that requires significant labor and capital	copyrights in fact limits innovation and development of arts

legal protection of the artists' future income provide the necessary motivation as well as security for many valuable books and artworks to be created
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	artists can still make a living without copyright laws copyright laws in fact harm the living of little known artists

artists can still make a living without copyright laws
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artists can still get income from distribution of their works, government support, and even advertisment

copyright laws in fact harm the living of little known artists
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copyright limit the potential publicity of little know artists who depend greatly on the distributions of their works for success

copyright limit the potential publicity of little know artists who depend greatly on the distributions of their works for success
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copyright and patent protection makes it difficult for individuals' works to be freely distributed

copyright and patent protection makes it difficult for individuals' works to be freely distributed
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	copyright maintains owner's interest by aborting others to distribute the work

copyrights in fact limits innovation and development of arts
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copyrights reduce the incentive for artists to continue working or further improve their works

copyrights reduce the incentive for artists to continue working or further improve their works
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artists or creators can receive an income by collecting royalties or licence fee for older works instead of developing new ones

copyright and patent protection hinder the development of arts and free expression
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copyrights laws make it difficult for individuals to obtain, use and preserve many intellectual works

Some people who cannot afford the products with copyright will never have the chance to use the products
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he want it can enjoy the play	it doesn't mean that people can use the product by downloading illegally.