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>>todsac+(OP)
The moral background for copyright is in free fall these days.

It is quickly turning into one of these things that there are laws for, and everyone thinks it is rediculous, it is never enforced and DE facto not a law.

And what a shame that is.

>>tossan+W2
Copyright, and patents, are not based on moral principles. It's a temporary government license meant to encourage innovation and hustle. Whether it works or not, I don't know. But the only question of morality is if it's immoral to break an arbitrary law, or not.

>>samspo+15
This is strongly jurisdiction-dependent.

US patent and copyright derive from A1S8C8 of the US constitution, "to promote science and useful arts".

Much EU law derives from a French tradition based on droight d'auteur, or moral rights.

International copyright code (Berne Convention) rips and mashes from both traditions.

>>dredmo+ME
A law claiming that something is a "moral right" doesn't make it so, though.

Just as e.g. sodomy laws claiming that something is immoral doesn't make it so.