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Without any forms of copyright, there would be an explosion in art, science and business... but mostly small firms/independend people would benefit from it. so,

Without any forms of copyright, there would be an explosion in art, science and business... but mostly small firms/independend people would benefit from it. so, lobby does whatever it can to make people belief that only BigCorp with billions of theoretical research budget can save us. I think the first western country (with enough economic power) that trashes the concept of copyright will dominate everything in art/science/entrepreneurship within few years. There will ne less super rich popstars or „winner Takes it all“-monopolistic companies, since the field is much more accessible for everyone - a net positive in my book.

0x8BADF00D 8y ago
> Without any forms of copyright, there would be an explosion in art, science and business... but mostly small firms/independend people would benefit from it. so, lobby does whatever it can to make people belief that only BigCorp with billions of theoretical research budget can save us. Would companies like Patreon benefit?
- gpm 8y ago
  I see Patreon as being in two separate businesses - Providing an easy way to setup a recurring donation to an artist. This would probably benefit. - Providing an easy way for artists to sell a stream of digital works. This would probably not benefit. I'm not sure how much of patreon's income comes from each business, and the answer depends on that.
- TheAceOfHearts 8y ago
  I think it would. A lot of people on Patreon have a very simple model: you pay to get access to the highest quality version of the thing and you get access before everyone else. To give an example, I support a singer that puts out a few songs every month. When she publishes something she includes the wav and a link to the unlisted YouTube video. Then a few weeks later she makes the video public and she puts up her song everywhere. After following her for a while on YouTube I eventually became a supporter because I want her to continue making great music.
edanm 8y ago
> Without any forms of copyright, there would be an explosion in art, science and business... but mostly small firms/independend people would benefit from it. Where did you get that idea? That seems to me to be the opposite of the truth. In most cases of media (music, books, video games) there's an extreme exponential notion of success. So if copyright vanished, the studio making Angry Birds will probably be fine - after all, Angry Birds sold like a bazillion copies. If only some small percentage of those actually earned them money (because people say downloaded copies), they'd still be fine. However the studio that has dozens of small successes, each of which sold a tiny number of copies, really can't afford to only make a small percentage of the money they really made. Similarly, authors who aren't Stephen King, but rely on a steady stream of mildly-successful works, would no longer be able to be authors for a living.

0x8BADF00D 8y ago

> Without any forms of copyright, there would be an explosion in art, science and business... but mostly small firms/independend people would benefit from it. so, lobby does whatever it can to make people belief that only BigCorp with billions of theoretical research budget can save us. Would companies like Patreon benefit?

gpm 8y ago
I see Patreon as being in two separate businesses - Providing an easy way to setup a recurring donation to an artist. This would probably benefit. - Providing an easy way for artists to sell a stream of digital works. This would probably not benefit. I'm not sure how much of patreon's income comes from each business, and the answer depends on that.
TheAceOfHearts 8y ago
I think it would. A lot of people on Patreon have a very simple model: you pay to get access to the highest quality version of the thing and you get access before everyone else. To give an example, I support a singer that puts out a few songs every month. When she publishes something she includes the wav and a link to the unlisted YouTube video. Then a few weeks later she makes the video public and she puts up her song everywhere. After following her for a while on YouTube I eventually became a supporter because I want her to continue making great music.

edanm 8y ago

> Without any forms of copyright, there would be an explosion in art, science and business... but mostly small firms/independend people would benefit from it. Where did you get that idea? That seems to me to be the opposite of the truth. In most cases of media (music, books, video games) there's an extreme exponential notion of success. So if copyright vanished, the studio making Angry Birds will probably be fine - after all, Angry Birds sold like a bazillion copies. If only some small percentage of those actually earned them money (because people say downloaded copies), they'd still be fine. However the studio that has dozens of small successes, each of which sold a tiny number of copies, really can't afford to only make a small percentage of the money they really made. Similarly, authors who aren't Stephen King, but rely on a steady stream of mildly-successful works, would no longer be able to be authors for a living.