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Post by BeFlatXIII » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 4:11 PM UTC

kazinator wrote: post #475

djoldman wrote: post #332

I don't condone or endorse breaking any laws. That said, trademark laws like life of the author + 95 years are absolutely absurd. The ONLY reason to have any law prohibiting unlicensed copying of intangible property is to incentivize the creation of intangible property. The reasoning being that if you don't allow people to exclude 3rd party copying, then the primary party will assumedly not receive compensation for t…

New rule: you get to keep your belongings for 20 years and that's it. Then they are taken away. Every dollar you made twenty or more years ago, every asset you acquired, gone. That oughtta be enough to incentivize people to work and build their wealth. Anything more than that is unnecessary.

Post by BeFlatXIII » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 4:16 PM UTC

GolfPopper wrote: post #645

calmbell wrote: post #239

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"idea of Indiana Jones and the feelings that character inspires in all of us forever just because a corporation owns the asset" is very different from the almost exact image of Indiana Jones.

And a reason people are getting ticked at the AI companies is the hypocrisy. They're near-universally arguing that it's okay for them to treat copyright in a way that it is illegal for us to, apparently on the basis of, "we've got a billions in investment capital, and applying the law equally will make it hard for us to get a return on that investment".

Post by BeFlatXIII » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 4:18 PM UTC

moolcool wrote: post #140

airstrike wrote: post #93

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Can we not call it "theft"? It's such a loaded term and doesn't really mean the same thing when we're talking about bits and bytes.

OK, but then we need a common standard. If Facebook is allowed to use libgen, I should also be allowed.

Post by paulluuk » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 1:42 PM UTC

M95D wrote: post #668

paulluuk wrote: post #632

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There is a huge middle ground between "static image with another sliding static image" and "1 year of drawing per 4 second Ghibli masterpiece". From your comment is almost looks like you're suggesting that you have to choose either one or the other, but that is of course not true. I bet that a good animator could make a really impressive 4-second scene if they were given a month, instead of a year. Possibly even if t…

Yes, that the current trend in the western world. Money is all that matters. There's only lowest accepted quality. Anything above that is a waste of money, profits that are lost. Nobody wants masterpieces. There is no market for that. That lowest-accepted quality also declines over time, as generations after generations of people become used to rock-bottom quality. In the end, there's only slop and AI will make the c…

Post by csallen » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 6:12 PM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #885

csallen wrote: post #807

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That's because the big budget creators are very good at business, which has four parts[1]: not just the product, but also the revenue model, the market, and distribution. Big budget studios are AMAZING at distribution. They blow indie devs out of the water, who focus almost all their effort on just product. Do big budget studios often make great games? Yes! But they often produce total garbage, too, just like indie d…

How has IH been going post-split from Stripe? I have not visited in a while but I'm curious on your thoughts. Also, if you are in or hosting any NYC-related events, I would love to join.