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> I don't care. Give people back their culture. 5 years of copyright is sufficient. This kind of attitude makes me a bit angry. I assume most people don't real

by tailspin2019 3y ago

> I don't care. Give people back their culture. 5 years of copyright is sufficient. This kind of attitude makes me a bit angry. I assume most people don't really understand how little most authors earn from their books. Same for most musicians, most indie app developers... artists... If we keep treating copyright with so much disdain, there won't be any "culture" being created any more. It's barely a sustainable career as it is. I wonder if it's because most people on HN are salaried employees, creating copyrighted work for someone else... If you've spent any time as an individual creator, trying to make a living from your own copyrighted creations, I think you'd have a different attitude.

_aavaa_ 3y ago
> I assume most people don't really understand how little most authors earn from their books. Same for most musicians, most indie app developers... artists... But they don’t make so little because of too little copyright. They do so for a variety of reasons, including: - people simply don’t buy their things, whether or not there is copyright on something with zero sales will not improve matter. - strong copyright does not help authors/artists when the publishers require them to sign it all over. It’s like giving your bullied kid more lunch money, no amount will be enough if the bully simply takes it all.
zaptrem 3y ago
Record companies are the ones that make most of the money off copyright. Artists profit from everything else (e.g., performances, sponsorships, merch, etc) which would be mostly unaffected by a shortened (maybe 10-20, not 5 years) copyright duration.
- tanseydavid 3y ago
  While it may be less common at this point, most Major Label recording contracts (for unproven acts) had 100% merch rights written into them throughout 80's and 90's. 100% -> the label (just to be clear)

_aavaa_ 3y ago

> I assume most people don't really understand how little most authors earn from their books. Same for most musicians, most indie app developers... artists... But they don’t make so little because of too little copyright. They do so for a variety of reasons, including: - people simply don’t buy their things, whether or not there is copyright on something with zero sales will not improve matter. - strong copyright does not help authors/artists when the publishers require them to sign it all over. It’s like giving your bullied kid more lunch money, no amount will be enough if the bully simply takes it all.

zaptrem 3y ago

Record companies are the ones that make most of the money off copyright. Artists profit from everything else (e.g., performances, sponsorships, merch, etc) which would be mostly unaffected by a shortened (maybe 10-20, not 5 years) copyright duration.

tanseydavid 3y ago
While it may be less common at this point, most Major Label recording contracts (for unproven acts) had 100% merch rights written into them throughout 80's and 90's. 100% -> the label (just to be clear)