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this needs to honestly be discussed more. Even though the article is more about discussion restrictions on the concept, the whole point of non-free culture shou
by Noos 7y ago
this needs to honestly be discussed more. Even though the article is more about discussion restrictions on the concept, the whole point of non-free culture should be to ensure the artist can realize monetary gains from his work in order to reward the time spent. Also to enable the artist to have some control over the distribution and direction of his work, as well as incentivize new and original work.
CC doesn't do anything for the artist.
it's great for distributors, who can aggregate and monetize free content, and remixers, who have a base of ready-made content to use as a basis for their own works. And of course the audience. But i don't really see the point of it as an artist.
- pabs3 7y agoIt has been said (in another cartoon) that the greatest threat to artists isn't piracy, its obscurity: https://mimiandeunice.com/2010/11/17/obscurity/ https://mimiandeunice.com/2010/11/17/obscurity/
- whiddershins 7y agoOddly they go together hand in hand.
- skyfaller 7y agoSaying that "providing works that other people are free to build on doesn't do anything for the artist" is rather short-sighted. Imagine someone living on a river saying, "Keeping the river water clean doesn't do anything for me!" OK, maybe your pollution doesn't affect you, it only affects people downstream of you. But if the people upstream pollute the river, you'll wish they hadn't. It's also untrue that artists are distinct from remixers. Is "West Side Story" just a remix of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? I think often of The Time John Fogerty Was Sued for Ripping Off John Fogerty: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-was-sued-ripping-john-fogerty https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-... Fogerty was just trying to write songs, but unsurprisingly his new songs sounded similar to his old songs, which had ended up under someone else's control. Was he "remixing" himself? Making art that is entirely new and does not relate to or reflect on any past art is almost impossible. As Lessig put it: - Creativity always builds on the past - The past tries to control the creativity that builds upon it - Free societies enable creativity by limiting this power of the past - Ours is less and less a free society
- burrows 7y ago> Free societies enable creativity by limiting this power of the past How does the "limiting" part of this work?
- skyfaller 6y agoTwo obvious examples of limits on copyright are (1) copyright terms not lasting forever, copyrighted works should eventually enter the public domain, and (2) some uses of copyrighted work not requiring permission from the copyright holder, "fair use".
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