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Copyright is the only way that digital workers can be paid. To put a lefty spin on it, copyright is just a form of union that allows digital workers to keep con
by xhkkffbf 4y ago
Copyright is the only way that digital workers can be paid. To put a lefty spin on it, copyright is just a form of union that allows digital workers to keep control of their work. Regular property laws protect artisans and craftspeople who work with physical things from having their work stolen so they can earn a living.
Don't you feel that the writers, coders, and digital artists deserve to have some control over their work too?
- TheAceOfHearts 4y agoNot for life + 70 years, no. Once you share an idea you should have a chance to be compensated for your work, but it enters the collective unconscious and it becomes part of society. It's like having a child, you can raise it however you like until a certain point, but then it goes out into the world.
- xhkkffbf 4y agoSure it is for life-- and longer. If a carpenter builds a house, that house is the carpenter's forever. He/she can pass it on to their heirs and those can pass it onto their heirs. The same goes for all physical goods. And, others have pointed this out, but copyright has nothing to do with ideas. If you want to write your own book with the ideas, go to it.
- chownie 4y agoThe carpenter does not get a cut when their children sell the house, crucially.
- adamc 4y ago1) Not for work-for-hire, no. 2) 70 years is too long.