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> which is why they were creating for money in the first place That's quite a narrow definition of what motivates creative work
by rickdeckard 1mo ago
> which is why they were creating for money in the first place
That's quite a narrow definition of what motivates creative work
- dofm 1mo agoIt was only narrowed for the purposes of the point I am making, which is that copyright protects working creatives. I am not at all saying that all artists only make work for money. It is working artists we are talking about; working artists work for money. That money, in the post-patronage era, comes from exercising copyright. The reason the copyright can’t simply die with them is that this tends to dissuade the creation of long-gestating work. Copyright was developed to make it possible for artists, writers, musicians etc. to work for long periods on work of significance with no income, on the basis of the future, deferred earnings of the work, without their work being stolen from them, and it gives them the limited right to direct how their work is monetised on their behalf, including establishing publishing rights etc. Some protection after death is a key component of that, because people do die while they are still working.