Do Copyrights have a future?
I will start in the past. Books were invented and allowed people to gain much more knowledge than ever before. Books are physically limited and once a book is read the subjective value for the owner decreases a lot.
To circumvent this problem a genius idea was found: the Library. Here books were collected and people could simply rent them. Instead of a book being read by only one person, possibly resold a few times or books locked to special groups like in monasteries, each book could be read by hundreds of people without special permissions and at low cost.
Smart concepts have made books far more accessible than expected from the original technology. As a consequence, the price of books went down a lot, making far less profits for the authors than in the fictional reality where libraries do not exist.
But is this a reason that we do not like libraries? To be honest I do not know a single person that thinks negative of a library. The opinions range from don't care to strong support.
Modern tech is just the evolution of the library concept
Nowadays we have online media that can be copied at almost zero cost. The physical limitations of a book or a dvd are gone. This in fact is a dream of humanity making it possible for each human to access the knowledge of the entire history of mankind.
The old concepts of marketing data via the physical limitation are not working anymore, because that limitation is removed. The internet is like a library on steroids. Having just one copy we can lend it to as many people as needed at the same time indefinitely.
But instead of embracing this technological revolution the old ways are being protected via copyright. The potential of this new technology is not realised just to protect the earnings of few people. And just as in the case of a library these earnings are fictitious earnings. Earnings that would be made if certain technologies did not exist. But this is not our world anymore. The technologies do factually exist. And there is no shortage on new was to market data as many services prove. The cd was not the end of the music industry and neither is the internet. The marketing adapts to the technology and revenues are generated in a logical flow.
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To sum it up: If you do not hate libraries you also should not hate 'piracy'. Both follow the same concept. Making data more accessible and cheaper using the technological progress. Instead of outlawing technology we have to adept.
This is where your logic breaks down.
It is about control, not about money.
Yes, the masses are told that copyright is to protect the author, and so that they get the money.
But, if you do an actual evaluation of funds going to authors, it is pitiful.
Like 10¢ out of a $10 book.
If copyright was to protect the author, than it has completely failed.
And should be revised so that it does so.
Copyright is to protect corporations, such as Dizney.
Every time Micky Mouth was supposed to fall into public domain, the length of time for copyright has been extended.
And, the movie The Lion Thing was a blatant rip off from another cartoon. I mean, almost exact, except one was white, and the other was yellow. Well, copyright didn't protect the original creator. It was deemed that Dizney changed the story "just enough".
Today, many authors are finding it better, cheaper, AND MORE PROFITABLE to just put their books on line for free. (with a patreon or donate button)
So, copyright is a farce, that corporations will maintain as long as they have any power left. It does not serve the public, and it does not serve the author, and perhaps, never did.
I 100% agree. Copyright is not about the author but the publishing industries. It is also a tool to control the developing parts of the globe.
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Some Copyrights should expire once the author moves into a graveyard... no? Or else someone will be earning royalties at the expenses of a dead man. Or woman.
Copyright is now 100 years after the death of the author.
You can thank Dizney for this.
Every time Micky Mouth was about to enter the public domain, copyright as been extended.
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