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Yes. And why not? That I can do that so easily today even with copyright just goes to show how post-scarcity information is. The problem, of course, is that th
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Yes. And why not? That I can do that so easily today even with copyright just goes to show how post-scarcity information is.
The problem, of course, is that the creators of the work still need to participate in a scarcity economy to live. There are examples of efforts being made to fund creators outside the traditional scarcity-based mechanism, such as patreon funding, github sponsorship, and the like, although I admit they appear to only currently be useful for those who would be unable to leverage the traditional system effectively anyway.
While I may not have the answer to funding creators, I firmly believe that we'd be going backwards to insist on forcing scarcity into a post-scarcity space.
- vineyardmike 5y agoHow do you ensure the copy you buy isn't adulterated and modified? One benefit of copyright is that the author can ensure the "real" one is shared... which you may care about when viewing content. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/technology/amazon-orwell-1984.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/technology/amazon-orwell-...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoTrivially solved with hashing or signing. Copyright as a legal mechanism is unnecessary to ensure 'legitimacy'. Copyright is useful for preventing others from using characters you created, but frankly I don't see the value in that. Moreover, it isn't even effective as fan fiction is incredibly common anyway. We can see how this would work with the proliferation of open source and the commonness of forks. It really isn't a big deal.
- account42 5y agoCopyrights are not only unnecessary for ensuring that the work you receive matches the original as copyright holders are free to make modifications. Worse, with the current copyright system the copyright holders can prevent the original from being distributed at all.