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nfoz | 2 years ago

What? Capitalism is just fine without the artificial notion of copyright.

We can pay labourers for their time producing works. We don't need pay-per-copy.

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astrange|2 years ago

Artists tend to be very upset when they make a work for hire, it gets popular decades later, and they don't get any royalties.

__loam|2 years ago

Big reason why the writer's guild is currently on strike. Super naive view that people who make stuff shouldn't continue to be compensated if someone is getting value from that work. That's part of why programming can be so lucrative.