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Absolutely, you've touched on a crucial point in the digital age debate. Copyright, as it stands, seems increasingly out of sync with our digital lives. The sce
by mdb77 3y ago
Absolutely, you've touched on a crucial point in the digital age debate. Copyright, as it stands, seems increasingly out of sync with our digital lives. The scenario you describe, like a brain implant for visualizing copyrighted works, really highlights the blurred lines we're now facing.
In a world sans copyright, creativity might flourish in an open-source-like environment, but there's a catch. Big-budget projects could shrink dramatically, likely impacting the quality and scale of productions. Industries might form their own protective alliances, but would this be enough?
Your point about the need for some protection period to incentivize innovation is key. Without it, the risk of financial ruin is too high for anyone to pour substantial resources into new developments. But, how long should this period last? That's the million-dollar question.
- golol 3y agoI agree of course but may I say that your phrasing sounds like maybe 80% ChatGPT lmao.
- warrenm 3y ago>Industries might form their own protective alliances, but would this be enough? Sounds something akin to the VOC - private industry enforcing their [perceived, supposed, or actual] rights via force (if they wanted) with practically no one to stop them For digital assets, such "protective alliances" would be practically impossible to enforce (the cost of reproducing a digital work is effectively zero - so practically infinite copies can be produced before, during, and after any "protective alliance" could respond) For physical assets, said "protective alliance" would have to have 'enforcement agents' in every possible location the work could be reproduced - a dauntingly-cost-prohibitive venture ...and that is why the rule of law (ie government-enforced, strictly-outlined property rights) comes into play: no single person or company or industry or cartel has the power to enforce their own rights beyond a very limited range