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"And online culture has failed to come up with a replacement for strictly enforced copyright that doesn't involve de-facto monopolies, rampant advertising, and
by betterunix 14y ago
"And online culture has failed to come up with a replacement for strictly enforced copyright that doesn't involve de-facto monopolies, rampant advertising, and spying on people through their computers"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_One
You do not need copyrights if you are willing to say, "Pay us for the next installment, or else we will not make it." No spying, no advertising, no monopolies.
- leephillips 14y agoThis is really interesting - I'd never heard of this. But glancing over the page you linked to, it looks like 4 million downloads netted about $20,000 to fund the next several episodes. So they are massively popular, but barely covering the cost of production of an extremely low-budget series. This is therefore a labor of love and not paying anyone's mortgage or feeding any families. But they seem to have a lot of love.
- betterunix 14y agoSure, though it is worth pointing out that they must compete with people who are using copyrights to their advantage. Even competing against the businesses that benefit from copyright, Pioneer One is able to survive; I suspect that in the absence of copyrights, Pioneer One would be more financially viable.
- tunesmith 14y agoRight up until you get a bunch of self-entitled pseudo-fans wailing about blackmail, ransom, and passive-aggressive behavior. All right, I'm exaggerating a bit, but I've thought about this a bit as I'm self-producing my own cd. I feel like doing something like this would set up something of an adversarial relationship with my fans.