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billswift on Jan 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I'm a Pirate

Also, as far as lack of copyright crippling music, I am sure that would be astounding news to Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, among many others.

hwiechers on Jan 19, 2012 [–]

At least two of those composers died in poverty so they might have actually thought that copyright is a good thing.

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