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> It is impossible for us to gesture at the works of art that do not exist because of draconian copyright. We can gesture at the tiniest tip of the iceberg by
by JoshTriplett 2y ago
> It is impossible for us to gesture at the works of art that do not exist because of draconian copyright.
We can gesture at the tiniest tip of the iceberg by observing things that are regularly created in violation of copyright but not typically attacked and taken down until they get popular:
- Game modding, romhacks, fangames, remakes, and similar.
- Memes (often based on copyrighted content)
- Stage play adaptations of movies (without authorization
- Unofficial translations
- Machinima
- Speedruns, Let's Play videos, and streams (very often taken down)
- Music remixes and sampling
- Video mashups
- Fan edits/cuts, "Abridged" series
- Archiving and preservation of content that would otherwise be lost
- Fan films
- Fanfiction
- Fanart
- Homebrew content for tabletop games
- sleepybrett 2y ago> "- Speedruns, Let's Play videos, and streams (very often taken down)" Very often taken down, only by nintendo.
- JoshTriplett 2y agoThere are several other publishers who regularly go after gameplay footage of people playing their games. It's not as visible, because it's hard to notice the absence of a thing.