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[[File:Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein by Carl Pietzner, 1909.jpg|thumb|right|link=|Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein photographed by Carl Pietzner in 1909.]] | [[File:Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein by Carl Pietzner, 1909.jpg|thumb|right|link=|Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein photographed by Carl Pietzner in 1909.]] | ||
Our very existence is an objection against the status quo of intellectual property laws. Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, | Our very existence is an objection against the status quo of intellectual property laws. Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg and all the others, including, small as it may be, the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project, are (among other things) living objections against the notion that copyright should benefit heirs for decades after the death of authors. We hope and we work for a world in which knowledge and culture can be freely accessible to all. And we want all to be aware that our world would be one step closer to that if copyright helped creators make a living out of their creations and then expired at the moment of their passing. | ||
At the same time, our very existence depends on the most scrupulous respect of the same laws whose underlying logic we wish to challenge. | At the same time, our very existence depends on the most scrupulous respect of the same laws whose underlying logic we wish to challenge. | ||