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We Need To Change Copyright Laws To Save Newspapers

Eric Clemons and Nehal Madhani, Wharton School

Copyright and patent laws were introduced to benefit society by providing authors and inventors incentives to create; by giving authors and inventors an opportunity for personal gain from their own creativity intellectual property protections create an environment that fosters the innovations that allow society to prosper.

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