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Those professions cannot be compared with software, you would have to compare an industry where the product is intangible. Do you see musicians making samples
by dntrkv 10y ago
Those professions cannot be compared with software, you would have to compare an industry where the product is intangible.
Do you see musicians making samples and giving them away to other musicians for free? Sure, you can find some online but it is definitely not the norm.
Does Hollywood create stock footage and release it for other production companies to use for free?
Do photographers allow others to use their photos for free?
OSS is very unique to the software world.
- yellowapple 10y agoI reckon the increasing popularity of FOSS is paving the way for the examples you've listed to start becoming mainstream. Social media is already starting to kick that third one into gear, and I wouldn't be surprised if the growing remix culture soon evolves into licensing terms that expand fair use to "you can sample my song as part of your song as long as your song is substantially different from my song".