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There is no copyright
This thread starts with the concept that copyright has been abolished globally. All concept of intellectual property has been negated.
What nirvana are we now living in? Sure, all current movies, tv, music is now essentially free, or priced just above the cost to manufacture and distribute. What a boon to the poor. All knowledge created and put into book form up to now is free available to all. What could be better than that? Napster will surely be revived as well as hundreds of other sites prepared to make instant and free access to all music, tv, movies and books. What could be better than that? The world is now a better place. Discuss. Lee |
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We have an ongoing series of discussions about copyright -- whether it's a good or a bad thing....at all...not just in it's current implementation. So, rather than wondering about copyrights effects on 17th century Britain and Germany -- why not use NOW. How hard is it to imagine the world with no concept of intellectual property? It would surely be all roses and candy canes right? Knowledge would no longer be withheld from the poor. Greedy corporations would go bust practically over night. All of us could get copies of ebooks from "the price fix six" without giving those greedy bastards a dime. It's all benefit with no drawback -- right? Lee |
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I believe there are both benefits and tremendous pitfalls in the scenario, but I am far too exhausted to even begin an examination of the issues. Argh! |
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And everyone who tries to make an honest living from any form of content creation - eg, computer programmers, authors, musicians, film makers - is out of a job. Who do you imagine is going to create content in this fantasy world of yours?
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Sadly there are no more big budget, or even small budget, movies being made. Most professional authors and musicians have stopped writing and recording, and television is a wasteland of repeats. No more new software, no new video games, no new anything really. Amazon is scraping by selling clothes, tools and groceries. B&N, Microsoft, and Apple are gone. No one buys or sells creative content of any sort now since everything is free for the taking.
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Did books get invented AFTER copyright? If books could and did exist for a couple hundred years before copyright -- what gives us any indication they wouldn't exist afterward? What you won't have are big Hollywood studios gouging the public with movie tickets priced out of our reach. You won't have those bastard music executives and publishers making big big bucks off of musicians and authors. Lee |
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The absence of a legal framework to protect intellectual property ownership leads to ever-stronger and more obtrusive DRM on the part of publishers who want to protect their monopoly status over their titles.
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Musicians make money from touring. Beethoven taught folks to play the piano. Authors could create special versions to sell for big bucks to the rich. On and on we go...while never depriving the poor of their due right to having everything for free. Lee |
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If we just did away with greedy corporate publishers....then the world would explode in genius in the form of folks writing free books. Lee |
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If you honestly believe that no worthwhile books have been written since the 17th century, we really have no more to discuss. |
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As for authors, are Stephen King or Dean Koontz or any other big name author going to keep writing when they can no longer make a living at it? A few will, as will some musicians, but like I said, most will abandon creative work and look for something that actually affords them a living. |
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