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Piracy would be much easier to enforce laws for if copyright law didn't protect nearly a century's worth of works. If copyright law was something more reasonab
by jimbob45 5y ago
Piracy would be much easier to enforce laws for if copyright law didn't protect nearly a century's worth of works.
If copyright law was something more reasonable, say five years, then the MPAA/RIAA could viciously protect everything within those five years and consumers would more likely stay away from those materials given the negativity of the consequences.
The way things are now, you literally have to pirate some games like No One Lives Forever because the copyright law around them is so convoluted that no one knows who can legally sell it anymore. Even worse if you're looking for something like The John Larroquette Show which can't be found anywhere outside of piracy due to a lack of interest by distributors.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoYup. The truth is these copyright holders are nothing but rent seekers. They've created successful works, made their money. When it's our turn to reap the benefits via public domain? They won't accept it. They change the rules of the game instead. They move the goalposts. They lobby the government until copyright duration is functionally infinite because god forbid mickey mouse enters the public domain. Why respect their rights when they don't respect ours? Copyright only works because we pretend their works are artificially scarce. Let's stop pretending.