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One of the reasons certain things 'cost' so much to make is because when they are made they are worth so much. Without copyright these thing surely wouldn't mak

One of the reasons certain things 'cost' so much to make is because when they are made they are worth so much. Without copyright these thing surely wouldn't make as much money as they now do, so to take your example of a movie, actors would therefore not be paid as much and so on down the line. So I think the question is should so much money be made from some of these things? Should for example actors and sports players be insanely rich while teachers and other public servants make so little?

dissident 15y ago
Also relevant is the increased availability of professional software for film/music production, and advanced technologies for producing creative content which are emerging. How much is a Hollywood movie really going to cost to produce in five years? (Ignoring inflated writing/acting expenses.)
- joenathan 15y ago
  Great points. The more I think about it, America would look very different if there was no copyright. There wouldn't be the huge companies that we have today. For example Disney has the sole rights to produce Mickey Mouse based products, but if anyone anywhere could produce Mickey Mouse based products, then suddenly a hole lot less money is streaming into Disney, and just take that effect and multiply it out=no more mega corps. It would change the face of commerce and to that effect even employment, you'd probably have many more small businesses and a lot less "corporations". In any case it would have very far reaching effects...
bediger 15y ago
I don't think that the "high cost == high value" assumption is true of feature films. I've read that technically, most of the high-grossing films never actually turn a profit, due to very, very strange accounting. When profit is disassociated from revenue, a lot of padding will go on. See the USA's defence industry for another example.

dissident 15y ago

Also relevant is the increased availability of professional software for film/music production, and advanced technologies for producing creative content which are emerging. How much is a Hollywood movie really going to cost to produce in five years? (Ignoring inflated writing/acting expenses.)

joenathan 15y ago
Great points. The more I think about it, America would look very different if there was no copyright. There wouldn't be the huge companies that we have today. For example Disney has the sole rights to produce Mickey Mouse based products, but if anyone anywhere could produce Mickey Mouse based products, then suddenly a hole lot less money is streaming into Disney, and just take that effect and multiply it out=no more mega corps. It would change the face of commerce and to that effect even employment, you'd probably have many more small businesses and a lot less "corporations". In any case it would have very far reaching effects...

bediger 15y ago

I don't think that the "high cost == high value" assumption is true of feature films. I've read that technically, most of the high-grossing films never actually turn a profit, due to very, very strange accounting. When profit is disassociated from revenue, a lot of padding will go on. See the USA's defence industry for another example.