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> Every garage band in existence would also exist without copyright I think you are under-estimating the extent to which these people are seeking to "make it"
by DarylZero 5y ago
> Every garage band in existence would also exist without copyright
I think you are under-estimating the extent to which these people are seeking to "make it" and become profitable later.
There are also lots of SV start-ups that never make any money, yet it doesn't prove that they would still exist if NONE of them EVER made any money.
- coldpie 5y agoI don't believe the assertion that no one would make money with creative works without copyright.
- DarylZero 5y agoI didn't assert that.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoIIRC one of the earliest copyright laws, Queen Anne's Statute, was made to protect creators (artists, writers) from reproducer-distributors (ie printing press owners). I think this is the origin and principle aim, to allow production of works professionally - with all the skill and devotion that implies - whilst protecting the creators. Copyright seems to have been steered heavily away from that aim by the usual suspects who rent-seek in preference to adding value to society.