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There are already hundreds of thousands (millions, really) of quality works in the public domain. From a pop-cultural perspective the difference between twenty
by yew 13y ago
There are already hundreds of thousands (millions, really) of quality works in the public domain.
From a pop-cultural perspective the difference between twenty-year-old music and fifty- or hundred-year-old music isn't large. Too, many 'abandoned works' that are effectively available for free with the author's permission are even newer.
People read old books (which is a very good thing!) but most haven't stopped buying new media because of it.
- emp_zealoth 13y agoWell, the problem is discoverability, from personal experience. I listen to rock mostly and I really doubt there is much public domain quality rock music out there. Imagine almost entirety of rock being forced into public domain. Why would I buy anything in that situation? Most of my music collection would be in public domain by now. Imagine all the quality study materials being in public domain. I would love it, but after a while it might crash the market completely. At least for non-cutting edge fields like advanced but still reasonable math or physics or mechanics. I haven't really looked through all the available stuff, but most of it seems of little 'worth' to me. Old and hardly relevant to my interests. It might be cool to read 1912 book on aircraft propulsion, but it's just a odd thing to kill time with. 1999 (date chosen with regard to studies mentioned in some other comment thread) air propulsion book is mostly up to date, at least for studying. I'd late here and my rambling might be a bit inconsistent. I'm not really arguing for either side, but I do find overbearing IP a nuisance. Just trying to cast a different light on the issue.