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Abolishing copyright would eliminate a massive arts incentive. Whether that would be replaced with something reasonably equivalent or somehow better is a matter
by oldmanjay 11y ago
Abolishing copyright would eliminate a massive arts incentive. Whether that would be replaced with something reasonably equivalent or somehow better is a matter of speculation and faith, not an assertable fact. It's definitely not clear how many abusable corners it would have in a complicated real-world marketplace but my own faith says nonzero.
- quadrangle 11y agoCopyright mainly funds corporate bureaucracies. It's not actually helping the vast majority of artists, except in the perverse way that destroying the public domain means less competition for new works to face. Anyway, there's other ways to fund creative work from patronage to grants. Yeah, it's hard, yes there are challenges to address. No, Copyright is not a reasonable solution or incentive, it's primarily corrupt and working in opposition to the public interest.
- asgard1024 11y agoWell, in arts, OK, you can make some case for it. But I don't see why the plumber should need to have copyright for his "piping design" in my house.. The same is true for programmers, you would simply be hired to fix some problem (or build a complicated pipeline).