• @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    82 months ago

    That is definitely one of the most cooked takes I’ve heard in a while.

    Why would anyone create anything if it can immediately be copied with no compensation to you?

    • Main
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      142 months ago

      Creation is its own incentive.

    • @Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com
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      122 months ago

      Creation happened before intellectual property laws existed.

      Creation happens that can be immediately copied with no compensation now, open source software is an example.

      • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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        52 months ago

        How many authors do you think would have written the books they did, if they weren’t able to make a living from their work? Most of the people creating works before copyright either had a patron of some description, or outright worked for an organisation.

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          2 months ago

          The specific works? Who knows. It’s irrelevant

          My point is your original premise was wrong. Creation DID happen without IP laws. People DO create with out the need for compensation/copy protection.

          I propose, people will create things because they always have.

        • @bufalo1973@lemm.ee
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          You should read the opinion of Stephen King about that precise point. The short version: “I’d write books even if it was illegal”.

    • @Scrollone@feddit.it
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      112 months ago

      I think copyright should last maximum 10 years. Plenty of time to earn enough from your creation.

      Imagine how advanced we would be, as a civilization, if everything created before 2015 was free for everybody.

    • @Vespair@lemm.ee
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      You know that for the vast majority of human history copyright didn’t exist, and yet people still created art and culture, right?

      edit: If you’re gonna downvote, have the balls to explain how I’m wrong.

    • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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      72 months ago

      I don’t see how allowing AI robbery barons to steal copyrighted material would benefit a small fish in the pond of IP

    • @Aux@feddit.uk
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      52 months ago

      The original copyright law was created to protect authors from publishers. The current law is an abomination and should be removed.