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Given the extent to which the copyright system has benefited corporations and publishing companies to the detriment of individual authors and the general public
by nsvd2 6mo ago
Given the extent to which the copyright system has benefited corporations and publishing companies to the detriment of individual authors and the general public, I'm constantly surprised that it still has many apologists.
- tmtvl 6mo agoAs we don't live in a world where the rich patronize the arts some sort of copyright system is the only way authors and artists are gonna make a living doing their thing. ...though I suppose proponents of Universal Basic Income (UBI) would disagree, but between the abolishment of copyright, the institution of UBI, or a 7 year old child being hit by 7 lightning strikes and 7 meteor impacts and surviving; the latter seems the most likely.
- PunchyHamster 6mo agoPeople imagine poor author having their thing stolen rather than poor author that corporate takes IP from by contract agreement (and if you don't do that, you don't get the job), then abuses for 70+ years
- thih9 6mo agoWhat do you suggest instead? I.e. what would benefit individual authors more?