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0 pointstouristtam11y ago0 comments

or leave the system as it is an cap the copyright holder's right. I have nothing against Bigcorp making big bucks for the first 10 years of the said product, but when they have already made some substantial gain within those 10 years, who is then benefiting from the profit and to what aim should we consider rightful as a society? I am only pointing out to the fact the copyright is there not only to benefit the individual but as well the society as a whole.

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glennsl11y ago· 2 in thread

Copyright doesn't encourage content production, it actively discourages it. It doesn't allow anyone to do anything they couldn't have done without copyright, but forbids you to do a whole bunch of things you otherwise could. And even what's constituted "fair use" is often practically impossible because the various draconian enforcement schemes (e.g. Youtubes ContentID) don't understand the concept.

Copyright doesn't give anyone any rights. It takes rights away from everyone other than the "rights holder". It doesn't protect, it punishes.

Beware of the newspeak.

waterlesscloud11y ago

Copyright certainly does encourage content production. There are definitely people who create for the monetary reward, which decreases dramatically without copyright protection.

Copyright also has effects that discourage certain types of creation, but that doesn't erase the encouragement it provides as well.

glennsl11y ago

It doesn't erase it, no, but certainly negates it. At least in terms of quantity and diversity. As for quality, I don't think I'd personally miss any content that would cease to exist without the monetary incentive. Though others may differ.

tatterdemalion11y ago

This is not a solution because the problem is not moral, it is technical: the reproduction of digital content is not controllable in the long-term.

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