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> if too many people "steal", then there won't be enough revenue to even break even, let alone make a profit, and so no one will make movies anymore At current
by hypertele-Xii 4y ago
> if too many people "steal", then there won't be enough revenue to even break even, let alone make a profit, and so no one will make movies anymore
At current budgets. To make a movie all you need is a camera, and we pretty much all got one in our pockets at this point.
Someone will make movies sans copyright. It just won't be a massive, entrenched studio on a billion budget.
- kelnos 4y agoSure. To be clear, I'm not saying I buy the movie studios' rationale here; I'm merely pointing out what they often say. I think a question we should also ask, though, is: is there artistic and entertainment value in massive-budget blockbuster films? I think yes, there is. I mean, I certainly enjoy plenty of them. But is that worth our current copyright regime? I would say no. But, like anything else, I expect the sweet spot is somewhere in the middle. I don't think I would advocate for no copyright at all, but I would want it to be much more limited than it is now (even more limited than in the 90s, with 14+14-year terms, I'd say).