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I am a [writer || artist || software developer || recording artist ||
songwriter]; I create intellectual property.

Copyright laws protect me from having my labor exploited by
publishers without my consent and without compensation.

Copyright also protects my patrons; those who invest in my labor have
their investment protected by copyright.

Copyright protects my livelihood.  I value copyright.

I also value culture.

Cultures are defined by their art and their technology.  Intellectual
property is culture.

Media publishers are constantly lobbying to extend copyright terms.
They want perpetual, exclusive ownership of intellectual property
--of CULTURE --and they want to control the ways in which people are
able to experience or utilize culture.

They are not interested in the protection of creators.

They are not merely interested in the protection of their
investments.

They are interested only in money.

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©2015 Adam C. Moore (LÆMEUR) <[email protected]>

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