Why cash and copyright are bad news for creativity

If we want to maximise creativity, tying cash to creative output is a bad idea.
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Imagine you were asked to write a law that encouraged creativity. What would it look like? Whatever your answer, it’s pretty clear that it wouldn’t look like copyright.

Which is weird, right? Because copyright is supposed to be the law that spurs creativity. The problem, it turns out, is that the central features of copyright are directly opposed to the things that support creativity.

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Dan Hunter
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Professor Dan Hunter is the founding dean of Swinburne Law School and a published author. He regularly writes on the theory of intellectual property with work appearing on The Conversation.