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I commend this viewpoint, but it is just untenable for me. How much media do you consume? I can’t imagine paying “retail” price for the amount of TV, movies, songs, etc. that my household consumes. Not even factoring in that I share my subscriptions with out-of-house family/friends. You get a couple of months of streaming for price cost of one season of one relatively recent show. For the price of one movie ticket for one person, you get at least one month of a subscription to Disney+. And while there _is_ a lot of content that we repeat (especially songs), most of it we don’t, so I don’t care to have my own copy of it. Sure there are many ways to find it cheaper or free (such as a library), but those all take up valuable time.


Just take a moment to imagine a media culture where copyright only lasts for 14 years.




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