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Richard Caley, speaking of copyrights, says "The ability to
control what one produces...is a basic right. ...one of the few
things that libertarians and marxists seem to agree on."

Perhaps true in the generality stated, but by 
no means do all Marxists support the idea of
copyright. Copyright conflicts with the social ideal
of cooperation. In a *capitalist* context, copyright is a useful
tool for protecting people from exploitation by other individuals;
but ideally, ie in a socialist society, there would be no 
profit in stealing credit for other people's work, and 
no reason to prevent others from being able to freely
use one's work. At least, this
is one view ; there is no unanimity among Marxists or socialists
on this issue.
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