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This has always been the case with artists, and copyright utterly failed to change this dynamic. It functions primarily as another mechanism for a few incredibl
by idle_zealot 2y ago
This has always been the case with artists, and copyright utterly failed to change this dynamic. It functions primarily as another mechanism for a few incredibly wealthy private individuals to wield state power to attack artists. If you want to help artists then I almost cannot think of anything more counterproductive than treating their cultural output like a physical good subject to market forces and capture.
- WalterBright 2y ago> treating their cultural output like a physical good subject to market forces and capture Like it or not, that's always going to be the case. The Law of Supply & Demand cannot be repealed. It's in play even when the government fixes prices and payouts.
- thatcat 2y agodata based products aren't subject to the supply law, obviously, since the supply is infinite and would therefore have a zero price if it were not for copyright laws.
- WalterBright 2y agoI know that very well, as the D Language Foundation gives away D compilers for free, source code and all.
- idle_zealot 2y agoExactly! Imagine if FOSS weren't a social norm in the space of programming tooling. You'd probably see something like what's gone on in the music industry, with Microsoft, Apple, and Google buying up exclusive rights to nearly every language and toolchain, then selling subscriptions to be allowed to use them (subject to T&C), and they'd be able to do this only because they could wield legally-granted power punish anyone distributing their purchased toolchains. The world would be significantly worse.