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It's a fashion to bash copyright laws but lot of people forget that without economic instrument called copyrights it would be almost impossible to produce/consu
by sytelus 14y ago
It's a fashion to bash copyright laws but lot of people forget that without economic instrument called copyrights it would be almost impossible to produce/consume works that bears high risk/investment.
If you had a house, you don't expect it to become part of public domain after 100 years. You neither expect wooden table you made in weekend or jewelry you designed to be automatically in public domain after X years. Infect you would probably argue that government has no right to confiscate your property and it should rather be inherited by whomever you desire forever after your death. Why music/books/software that you create should be any different?
- fleitz 14y agoBecause if your neighbour builds a house you still have one. The idea behind copyright is to enrich the public domain, not to enrich rights holders.
- jopof 14y agoEstate tax is well-supported. We don't need no aristocracy.
- darkarmani 14y ago> It's a fashion to bash copyright laws but lot of people forget that without economic instrument called copyrights it would be almost impossible to produce/consume works that bears high risk/investment. What are you talking about? No one has a problem with limited term copyright like you are talking about. We have a problem with infinite term copyright. How does retroactively extending copyright length provide any of the benefits you are claiming? > Why music/books/software that you create should be any different? They aren't any different. You are allowed to bequeath music, books, software (sometimes) to people. Haven't you ever given a CD away? If you are trying to refer to intellectual property, then you are talking about a made-up right. The only reason we even grant this made-up right is because there is a quid pro quo. If there is no cultural/societal benefit to enforcing this made-up right, then why shouldn't we unmake it?
- icebraining 14y agoNo one has a problem with limited term copyright Well, some of us do. But it's certainly not the majority, even here.
- Flimm 14y agoEven the Pirate Party (at least the UK one) only wants to reduce copyright length, not abolish it.
- icebraining 14y agoWell, if I was to advocate among the general public for a policy change, I'd advocate for something more palatable as well. You shouldn't assume those are necessarily the end goals of the party members. It might just be a compromise.