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> a deep abuse of the copyright system Actually... https://twitter.com/vanaman/status/906984704892477440 https://twitter.com/vanaman/status/906984704892477440

• sandov 8y ago
  source: himself.
• skrebbel 8y ago
  Actually.. it's bullshit. If playing a game online infringes the game maker's copyrights, then playing a guitar online infringes the guitar maker's copyrights.
  • pseudalopex 8y ago
    A guitar isn't a copyrighted work.
    • skrebbel 8y ago
      Its design surely is. Musical instrument making is part craft, part art.
      • cowsandmilk 8y ago
        Generally not, at least if it is produced in any quantity. Typically, they are protected by design patents and industrial design rights. As an example, in Canada, if you produced less than 50 of an item like a guitar, you could copyright it. Basically this is intended to cover an artist making sculpture. If you are making it for utilitarian purposes to be widely distributed, you use the other methods in the law for protecting your designs.
        • dangerface 8y ago
          How does that apply to music cd? More than 50 are made but still music conglomerates still abuse copyright.