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No entertainment industry? So... nobody could sit and create a movie studio or a record label? What a weird thing to rail against. I'm certainly unconvinced th
by codyb 5y ago
No entertainment industry? So... nobody could sit and create a movie studio or a record label?
What a weird thing to rail against. I'm certainly unconvinced the world would be magically better without people organizing to produce content.
Maybe there's some issues with copyrights, but as far as I can tell, almost any organization would attempt to preserve profits. We, as a people, then go through and create legislation which curbs rampant abuses whether that's environmental pollution, or unsafe kids' toys, or overly lengthy copyright claims.
But the idea people can't get together and make movies, that's a new one.
- grishka 5y ago> almost any organization would attempt to preserve profits. Often at the expense of everything else, including common sense. Despite their current revenues already covering their expenses, many times over. > But the idea people can't get together and make movies, that's a new one. They can, but they will own shares in them, either split equally or proportionally to their contribution.
- californical 5y agoHow are there shares if there’s no copyright? Do you own 10% of a movie that’s worth $0 since anyone can copy and distribute it for no cost?
- grishka 5y agoThere is copyright, but it's non-transferable and only lasts for 2-3 years. After that time, yes, anyone can copy and distribute it. My idea here is that you would have the option of either paying right now, or waiting when the copyright expires and getting it legally for free. In our current system people don't even consider that copyrights have an expiry date, they operate as if they're effectively indefinite. And the current system doesn't work anyway — the majority of the society just isn't having it. Everyone has pirated something at some point.
- t-writescode 5y agoI think the big problem here is that 2-3 years is almost no time at all. With 2-3 years, basically everyone will wait for the next book in the Game of Thrones series to come out of costing money. Covid has been nearly 2 years, and for many of us it feels both like yesterday and also like forever ago, for example. And then you'll have people that want to watch the movie of something, so they're willing to pay the video company for instant access, but the movie is based off a script someone wrote, or a book someone wrote, and that book is at least 2 years old. RR Martin would make zero dollars from Game of Thrones, for example.
- andrekandre 5y ago> RR Martin would make zero dollars from Game of Thrones, for example. idk... how many people are still watching game of thrones? whats the long tail look like for popular books? my impression was, most books that make any money are hugely popular for a short time, then basically fall off a "sales cliff"... i wonder if anyones done any comprehensive stories about this subject.
- t-writescode 5y agoMy point was that RR Martin wrote books, and then *movies* were made off the books. If the copyright period is 2-3 years, then a movie company would just need to wait a couple years and RR Martin would get zero dollars for his work (except the small number of people that buy his book) but more people watch movies and shows, so they would be willing to pay the premium for the movies based off his content just a couple years later.
- account42 5y agoMost video games already quickly become cheaper much less than 2-3 years after release. Some are even given away at some point. Yet most sales still happen close to release. The expectation that the average consumer has the patience to wait for 2-3 years if they can get something now for a reasonable price is odd.