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Everything you've posted on this page leads up to this. The postings about musicians livelihoods seem haphazard and half-hearted. But this, getting government
by rectang 2y ago
Everything you've posted on this page leads up to this. The postings about musicians livelihoods seem haphazard and half-hearted. But this, getting government out of copyright, is a point I sense you cherish deeply.
- WalterBright 2y agoYour inference is right on target. Although I have made a living via copyright in the past, I'd prefer it abolished. I do eat my own pudding, though. The D compiler is given away for free. As evidence, Germany in the 1800s had no copyrights nor patents. Their economy boomed. Look at how free software, of the highest quality, has taken over the internet. I am not aware of any particularly compelling counter-evidence that copyright and patents improve productivity.
- rectang 2y ago> I do eat my own pudding, though. I made my living for a decade off of FOSS I originally authored, and was highly active in FOSS circles for much of that time. Being well acquainted with the economics of open source I am thus inoculated against the laughable notion that FOSS is analogous to music. Selling software != selling documents.