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If this stuff did start to enter the public domain after 28+28 years, the modern entertainment industry would be screwed because they would have to compete with it. Rationally, they'd rather it burned than free.
If this stuff did start to enter the public domain after 28+28 years, the modern entertainment industry would be screwed because they would have to compete with it. Rationally, they'd rather it burned than free.
There's some interesting stuff on that list but I don't think it'd be competition to anything. I like the idea that the kids would be watching Bridge on the River Kwai instead of the latest recruitment video but it doesn't seem likely. Of course, the studios would lose the long-tail revenue from controlling movies like Bridge on the River Kwai (or licensing the movie rights to things like the old version of 3:10 to Y…
i would love to hear from our libertarian friends on what they think about copyright and the public domain.
That would probably depend on whether they were minarchist or anarchist libertarians. Minarchists would likely defend copyright with more rational time limits, whereas anarchists would contend that copyright is not rational or enforceable, and that artistic patronage is the only viable business model. In either case, "stealing" an artistic work would be interpreted as plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying. Arti…
Isn't that the definition of plagiarism?
For those curious, this is mostly a result of Disney. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25...
For those curious, this is mostly a result of Disney. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/25...
i would love to hear from our libertarian friends on what they think about copyright and the public domain.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tucker#The_Four_Monopo...
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That would probably depend on whether they were minarchist or anarchist libertarians. Minarchists would likely defend copyright with more rational time limits, whereas anarchists would contend that copyright is not rational or enforceable, and that artistic patronage is the only viable business model. In either case, "stealing" an artistic work would be interpreted as plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying. Arti…
> plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying Isn't that the definition of plagiarism?
I thought this was obvious, but maybe it isn't? I see disclaimers on Youtube all the time ("I don't own this") which seem to imply the person posting the video doesn't understand the difference.
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That would probably depend on whether they were minarchist or anarchist libertarians. Minarchists would likely defend copyright with more rational time limits, whereas anarchists would contend that copyright is not rational or enforceable, and that artistic patronage is the only viable business model. In either case, "stealing" an artistic work would be interpreted as plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying. Arti…
> plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying Isn't that the definition of plagiarism?
i would love to hear from our libertarian friends on what they think about copyright and the public domain.
"Government enforced monopolies are bad" is what particularly doctrinaire libertarians say, but libertarians aren't know for their ability to agree with each other.
Anyhow, among hardcore libertarian circles there is actually pretty wide agreement these days that IP laws are unjust. The work you want to look at for the sea change is Kinsella's Against Intellectual Property free online here: http://mises.org/document/3582
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That would probably depend on whether they were minarchist or anarchist libertarians. Minarchists would likely defend copyright with more rational time limits, whereas anarchists would contend that copyright is not rational or enforceable, and that artistic patronage is the only viable business model. In either case, "stealing" an artistic work would be interpreted as plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying. Arti…
> plagiarism rather than unauthorized copying Isn't that the definition of plagiarism?