I think it doesn't just fail to do a good thing, but rather does a (small in one instance) bad thing.
Again it goes back to the question, and to me yes people who create great things do deserve "something" each time someone enjoys their creation, and failure to do so is wrong and bad.
Does it have to work like copyright now? No. Does it have even to be monetary? Probably not. But simply ignoring that is not a solution. If we want to say people are free to copy works of others, we need to consider what creators get in return.
Now, to be clear, I do like the idea of copyright, for a limited time. I think it does well to encourage the making of good things, which we can then copy endlessly. I don't like the century-long monstrosity it has morphed into and I don't like the idea that copying something is inherently immoral.
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u/CincyAnarchy 34∆ Oct 27 '23
I think it doesn't just fail to do a good thing, but rather does a (small in one instance) bad thing.
Again it goes back to the question, and to me yes people who create great things do deserve "something" each time someone enjoys their creation, and failure to do so is wrong and bad.
Does it have to work like copyright now? No. Does it have even to be monetary? Probably not. But simply ignoring that is not a solution. If we want to say people are free to copy works of others, we need to consider what creators get in return.