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In general, the basic idea of copyright is that creative output has value.

It can be looked at as simply an economic issue, or as a combination of economic and moral issues. US law, for example, is heavily based on the notion of intellectual property: allowing the rightsholder to make as much money as possible from the work.

Many other countries, particularly in Europe, place equal emphasis on droit d'auteur, viewing the work as an extension of the creator's personality. Such moral rights are concerned with attribution and the right to object to uses or derivatives "prejudicial to his or her reputation." In some countries, the moral right does not expire.

Copyright law can also be considered a political issue as millions are spent on lobbying annually, demanding extension of term, broader application of fair use, etc.

Total copyright enforcement is essentially impossible, and thus becomes an ethical question more than a legal one: if you know you're never going to be caught for copying this song onto a bunch of friends' mp3 players, the only thing that might stop you is realizing that the band you love isn't going to see a penny from it. The prevalence of infringement can vary based on the ethos of an entire nation (China ostensibly has the same basic copyright laws as the US), a college campus, or a household.

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