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[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally don't believe in copyright. Nobody should be able to own an idea or data and be able to tell me what i can and cannot do with said 1s and 0s, which is what digital media is. I will find other ways to support artists and creators like going to concerts, donating or buying merchandise etc... You can't steal data because nobody owns it to begin with in my view.

Anything confidential should be kept encrypted or offline of course.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I get what you're saying but copyright is necessary otherwise nobody would create anything. If you can't get compensated for your work then why put the effort in?

Hollywood wouldn't exist without copyright and you might say oh well Hollywood doesn't produce much good, but it does produce the vast majority of media you probably consume. I'm not saying you're completely wrong but I don't think you can just go Copyright = Bad, and leave it at that.

I know that's treason talk

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's complete nonsense. People make art for free constantly everywhere.

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those people are not trying to live off the value added to society of their creative works.

Hollywood CEOs are trying to live off the value added to society of artists' creative works.

[–] Random_German_Name@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Dunno man. I feel like there are a ton of artists, that don‘t earn a cent with their art

[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 1 year ago

We should just use crowdfunding instead. There's a lot of money you don't have for crowdfunds because of IP monopolies today. Hollywood wouldn't make as many high budget films, but it would remain a major hub for filmmakers who no longer need to appeal to entrenched business interests.

We'd get a lot of low budget but actually original films.