It's Right to Copy

"The right to copy" feels like a bit of a loaded phrase. I think most of us instinctively feel our hackles raise a little. If you make a thing, you don't want it to be able to be taken from you. The thing is, copying didn't quite used to do that. If you carved a beautiful wooden bird, if I asked to look at it so I could try to copy you, how would you feel? It's different, no? Even if I did manage…