Comment by CaptainFever

2 years ago

Most copyright abolitionists advocate for a pre-production funding model, such a patronage or crowdfunding. It's not perfect but we can see both already in use in the real world.

Both give an incentive for good projects, since a bad project with no users won't attract any funding. Crowdfunding further incentivises creators to keep a good reputation for being reliable, since customers have to take on more of the risk.

Furthermore, copyright abolition allows creators to legally make money off of "alternate sequels" or "alternate versions", if the original company screws up the story in some way. Currently it's all just hobbyists that fly under the radar.

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Zambyte  2 years ago

I also think that copyright limits art and its spread to only what is profitable. Few people currently care about art that doesn't make any money. A world without copyright would be a world where people appreciate art for what it expresses, not how many dollars it rakes in.

It's also worth noting that copyright applies outside of artistic endeavors, such as software. I think this is a pure hindrance to technical progress. Imagine if it was illegal for your friend to fix your car without the manufacturers consent. That is the world we live in with software copyright right now. It's absurd. People should be charging to write software (real scarcity: labor) not distribute it (artificial scarcity: licenses).

  • CaptainFever  2 years ago

    To be fair, I think making art for money is fine, but I agree with your second paragraph in which the actually scarce thing (e.g. labour) is the one that should be monetised, not artificial scarcity.

    In fact, commissions artists are doing exactly that. Same with patreon which seems to be really popular, and crowdfunding for the bigger projects.

  • numpad0  2 years ago

    > Few people currently care about art that doesn't make any money.

    I don't think this to be the case at all. How often are GPL violations settled with compensation? How's compensation framework talks go with respect to generative AIs?

    All the copyright holders care is control over you - not money.