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11 days agoYeah, nah. While copyrights are a problem as they’re currently employed, removing them would screw every content creator on the planet. Most of us don’t make much as it is, with only a few making a living from our work. Removing copyright would allow anyone to take what we produce without any compensation.
The corporations would love that.
IIRC, they originally became popular because they saved characters for microblogs like Twitter. They’ve outlasted their usefulness though.