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[Page] 59 [My Comments] And this is really at the heart of the problem that Patry does not see the moral case of copyright law. It has nothing to do with economic evidence, it has nothing to do with fair remuneration, it has nothing to do with technological measures. The only thing that matters is whether we want to treat authors as chattel existing for the benefit of the society, or as free people who have the right to exist for their own sake. [Quote from Patry’s book] 
Since Mr. Burnham could not challenge any of the empirical conclusions in the Gowers report, he instead relied on a previously unarticulated and undefined “moral case at the heart of copyright law.” We are truly at sea if our laws are to be enacted according to a moral case espoused in the face of unchallenged economic evidence refuting the minister’s brief.
How Not To Fix Copyright - My Response to William Patry - Socialist copyright law - Soviet Union | Mincov Law Blog
Quote from Patry’s book