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100% on the restrictions. The thing is, I have zero optimism for an "acceptable" solution, especially given that -- big winners in the space of "using other pe
by jrm4 4y ago
100% on the restrictions.
The thing is, I have zero optimism for an "acceptable" solution, especially given that -- big winners in the space of "using other peoples content" have NEVER followed the law. It just doesn't happen.
Along with all the great freely-sampling records of the past, Google, Youtube, and lately Github Copilot and the DALL-Es all have/had in common that they essentially disregarded copyright law in the beginning and just created. Some might say "flagrantly stole."
It's odd because as a lawyer I should have a solution. But I'm starting to think there is no good, "legally acceptable" one -- if the goal really is innovation and creativity.
- djyaz1200 4y agoWouldn't it work if there was a cypto stake based (to restrict co2 impact) token priced at a fraction of a penny that users could pay with each time they spun a record licensed by anyone. No more backroom deals to beg a label to let you remix their catalog, you just do it and if it's a hit they make tons of money. That might not exactly be it but I think a technical payment/usage standard open to all is directionally the right way to let the new artists play/create.
- jrm4 4y agoI like micropayment ideas like this, but I just don't see them happening, not until we fix the below problem. I think the issue isn't "we don't have the technology to pay creators," I think it's always "greedy middlemen suck." They've never been more useless than today, and yet they're still so very powerful here. We just sort of assume their necessity and existence.