Published at LXer:

A few years ago, we wrote about some research by Paul Heald that did an astounding job visually demonstrating how much copyright law today harms the dissemination of content. The key graphic was the following one:What it shows is that while new books are available for sale, they quickly go out of print and are basically not available -- until you get down to 1923, at which point the works are in the public domain.

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The very concept of intellectual property in all forms is an abhorent and destructive evil and the single greatest impediment to human advancement at this time. Those who promote and profit by it would be the worst of criminals in a sane society, for they not only rob your wallet, but your past and future and doom your children to an imminent dark existence.

By it, we have already made a near future dystopian dark age inevitable. Pass what knowledge and culture you can to your children, in durable and usable form, their world is a looming intellectual wasteland.

No hyperbole.