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[Page] 140 [My Comments] While historically copyright was established as a privilege granted by the Queen to booksellers, remember we agreed to rewrite copyright law the way it should be, not the way it is or had been. In a situation when free people have a limited government that doesn’t force the citizens into submission from cradle to grave, governments do not create rights and privileges, they do not exist to make everyone feel good about themselves, the only purpose of the governments is to protect individuals from their rights being violated by others. The only time it is appropriate to speak of copyright as a “privilege bestowed by the governments” is when you are talking about a society of masters and slaves. [Quote from Patry’s book] 
By contrast, when a government is bestowing a privilege rather than enforcing a property right, the onus of establishing entitlement to the privilege is on the person seeking it. Copyright is a privilege granted by governments on everyone’s behalf.
How Not To Fix Copyright - My Response to William Patry - Socialist copyright law - Soviet Union | Mincov Law Blog
Quote from Patry’s book