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> aaaand your sales go down. Whatever valid arguments might exist to restrict speech through copyright, sales going down is not one of them. Otherwise you coul
by anjbe 5y ago
> aaaand your sales go down.
Whatever valid arguments might exist to restrict speech through copyright, sales going down is not one of them. Otherwise you could lawfully prohibit negative reviews.
- OtomotO 5y agoSales going down by someone using your original world/characters in a way that is then deemed unpopular is definitely restricted/not possible in a world with enforceable Copyright. And that was my point, not sales going down on their own. Negative reviews have nothing to do with someone else being able to take e.g. James Bond and making him a homosexual or taking Conan the Barbarian and making him a woman or a sidekick etc. Drastic or even small changes can always be unpopular and affect the whole franchise. If said franchise is no longer under your control alone, this is an argument pro copyright from the viewpoint of a creator.
- anjbe 5y agoThe point is that sales don’t factor into it in the first place. An infringing work could increase sales, and the copyright holder would still have just the same rights. Think of anime fansubs—which effectively brought Japanese anime to mainstream popularity in the west, yet are still heavily cracked down upon by license holders, and always have been.
- OtomotO 5y agoYes, it could. That is why you, as the copyright holder, have the final say in the matter and may take the risk or not. Think about e.g. Warcraft. It was supposed to be a Warhammer game. The license was "revoked", so they spun up their own story/world and created a successful franchise. The thing is, I totally am opposed to copyright and patents, yet I can see where they are coming from and I can see reasons for them.