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It seems like you really only know about how the affects people who make music and TV. What about illustrators who license their work? Knitters and crocheters
by jnovek 2mo ago
It seems like you really only know about how the affects people who make music and TV.
What about illustrators who license their work? Knitters and crocheters who create patterns? There are countless people who sell creative output on a license-basis which would no longer exist in a world without copyright.
Already people who make visual art are demotivated by AI, follow literally any visual artist on Instagram and you’ll see this. Taking away copyright would make that look tiny in comparison.
- falcor84 2mo ago> Knitters and crocheters who create patterns? Wow, is that a thing? If you're willing to share, I'd love to hear more about these vocations and how they make money.
- bluefirebrand 2mo agoWhat does making money have to do with creating art? Do you only care about professional artists or something? Amateur artists deserve legal protection for their artwork too :/
- 4thguy 2mo agoThat person clearly doesn't know any people who make art.
- Symbiote 2mo agoSearch "knitting patterns".
- text0404 2mo agoPeople who are well-versed in fields like fashion will create original designs which include yarn requirements, needle size, measurements, stitch instructions, construction steps, etc etc and sell them in online marketplaces like Etsy or Revelry.
- falcor84 2mo agoOh, I'm familiar with that; I thought that the parent meant that there are people who make money directly from the copyright on the patterns rather than the artifacts they sell. Are there?
- MatekCopatek 2mo agoIs this some kind of trick question or am I just misunderstanding your reply? As far as I know they sell the patterns, not the finished knitted artifact. Aspiring knitters buy them to enjoy knitting. The physical representation of the pattern isn't worth anything (just a piece of paper), what you're buying is a license to use their intellectual property, so I'd say they're making money from copyright.
- falcor84 2mo agoSorry, yes, I genuinely took a long time to understand, and this then took me on quite the rabbit hole, thanks, to you and the others on the thread.
- saaaaaam 2mo agoYes, that’s correct. There are people who make money directly from the copyright on the patterns. The parent commenter means that the people referenced are selling the patterns, not the garments.
- joquarky 2mo agoWhy do they need 70+ years to recoup enough to make their efforts worthwhile? A kid who grows up watching $favorite-show can never produce derivative works of that show within their lifetime.