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> The worthwhile ones would still be written. Citation needed, as well as your precise definition of "worthwhile". > Even if they are not enjoyable. Huh? >
by caconym_ 5mo ago
> The worthwhile ones would still be written.
Citation needed, as well as your precise definition of "worthwhile".
> Even if they are not enjoyable.
Huh?
> The dissemination of ideas from an activist perspective is uninhabitable
Yes, I understand that anti-copyright activists want to abolish copyright.
- runarberg 5mo agoYou are arguing in theoreticals, so you should not be surprised if your answers are hypotheticals. In reality most art is done because the artist has something to say, and the money they get from it is only motivating in as much as it enables the artist to do more art. So I would guess in a world without copyright protection we would just find other ways to pay artists and a very similar amount of art would be produced. You can see an example of this e.g. in Iceland where the market is way to small for art aimed at the domestic market to make enough money solely by selling it (possible with music; rare with books; not possible with movies). Instead the state has an extensive “artist salary“ program, which pays artist regardless of how well the art they produce sells. Unsurprisingly Iceland produces a lot of art and has many working artists.
- caconym_ 5mo agoCool. Let me know when the government is willing to pay me to write full time---I would love to quit my job and do that instead. I think it's a great idea!
- nashashmi 5mo agoFarenheit 451 is a book with the same theme.
- caconym_ 5mo agoNo, I don't really think it is.