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Woodworking is smaller than you think. If I take a Chippendale table and replace the (creepy) animal like curvy legs and those (creepy) ball and claw feet with

by VLM 10y ago

Woodworking is smaller than you think. If I take a Chippendale table and replace the (creepy) animal like curvy legs and those (creepy) ball and claw feet with straight square footless legs, that both is, and is not, a minor trim variation on a Chippendale. On one hand its just different actions at my workbench, on the other hand that's an entirely different product that being a Hepplewhite style table. Both styles are over two hundred years old and being free for all to use has increased the size of the economy not collapsed it. I like the analogy with Wooton from 150 years ago. I should be able to make and sell copies of a Wooton to my hearts desire. I don't think retroactively increasing copyright to 151 years will suddenly retroactively make Wooton invest more in fancy desk designs thus retroactively increasing hiring in his plant in the late 1800s or whatever ridiculous mantra is recited in favor of imaginary property. Likewise in 2170 I should be able to sell Han Solo figurines, although I'm willing to bet if our corrupt system is still even operational then, I still won't be able to do so legally and unfortunately Hollywood will probably still be churning out sequels remakes and reboots. Copyright duration needs something like the Laffer Curve.

toyg 10y ago
> being free for all to use has increased the size of the economy not collapsed it Considering the sad state of English manufacturing, including furniture, that's a controversial statement. It was undoubtedly a good thing as the English industry was small and growing, much like loose open-source code sharing is a good thing for the still-burgeoning software industry. But that industry is mature now; profits are razor-thin and fundamental innovations are very rare. In such a scenario, commercial viability in high-cost countries usually hinges on design and marketing differentiating you from competitors. > I don't think retroactively increasing copyright to 151 years will suddenly retroactively make Wooton invest Yeah, I agree that retroactive application looks stupid with such long terms. Still, the concept overall is consistent with the long-term industrial direction that developed countries are set on. I don't think established interests would be so aggressive on copyright if they could see other realistic alternatives to "let's just leave it all to the Chinese".

by VLM 10y ago

toyg 10y ago

> being free for all to use has increased the size of the economy not collapsed it Considering the sad state of English manufacturing, including furniture, that's a controversial statement. It was undoubtedly a good thing as the English industry was small and growing, much like loose open-source code sharing is a good thing for the still-burgeoning software industry. But that industry is mature now; profits are razor-thin and fundamental innovations are very rare. In such a scenario, commercial viability in high-cost countries usually hinges on design and marketing differentiating you from competitors. > I don't think retroactively increasing copyright to 151 years will suddenly retroactively make Wooton invest Yeah, I agree that retroactive application looks stupid with such long terms. Still, the concept overall is consistent with the long-term industrial direction that developed countries are set on. I don't think established interests would be so aggressive on copyright if they could see other realistic alternatives to "let's just leave it all to the Chinese".