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Do the same people who think that every line of code ever written should be free; also think that every book, article, or painting should also be free? Or are
by didgetmaster 2y ago
Do the same people who think that every line of code ever written should be free; also think that every book, article, or painting should also be free?
Or are there people who draw lines and say that one type of work product should always be free while it is OK to charge for another?
- littlestymaar 2y agoMaybe get back to the original 20 years of copyright protection instead of the insane “70 years after death of the author” that has been made solely for the interest of the IP holders?
- jazzyjackson 2y agothey might suggest various other revenue models aside from royalties. For instance, taking on production of art as a commission or pre-sale, releasing a book once a fundraising goal has been met, but not attempting to sue people for unauthorized copies after the fact
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoEh idk but books should definitely be free. We can talk about the rest once the books are free.
- didgetmaster 2y agoSo if authors refuse to spend the time and resources needed to get a work ready for publication because they will be denied any compensation for doing so; should they be forced to write them anyway so that you can have your free books?
- Dylan16807 2y agoWhat's the purpose of this question? Their answer is almost certainly "no", and that doesn't contradict anything they've said in this conversation.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoCorrect yes I totally want to make authors into literal slaves.
- RunSet 2y agoFiendish; the most clever part is that authors who are already slaves to their own creative urges may not notice any change.
- yard2010 2y agoLet's say books are free like they should be. What about water? Housing? (Public) Transportation?
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoI’d probably argue a ubi but yeah in effect
- johnnyanmac 2y agoMy code could effectively be free. The thing is most consumers don't care for code, they care for products. So I don't think open sourcing a currently closed source project would impact 99% of tech out there.
- ang_cire 2y agoAll my code (that isn't owned by a business, contractually) is free (well, technically I have a couple of private repos, but they're not paid access, they're just not available). So are all of the translation and commission work I did: people were paying to choose what I'd do next, not to keep something exclusive for themselves. Corporatism is going to be the death of art, because we've normalized the idea that art is an ancillary function of some business project that first and foremost wants to generate profit.