It may surprise you to know that people produced music before IP laws existed.
So just no music business then?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 months ago
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No art, no poetry, no video games. . .
IMO creators should have better protections - the current laws don’t seem to stop AI gobbling up their work. But at the same time this Nintendo thing is obviously bullshit. I’m surprised the court allowed it. Probably a decision made by a very old Christian man who doesn’t understand what games are and can’t use a smartphone.
Soggy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Pretty neat how capitalists invented art and it isn’t at all an intrinsic part of the human experience since at least 40,000 years ago.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They certainly patented it.
Soggy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My point is that people make stuff even without a profit incentive.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Yeah it’s clearly broken. But there is a complete lack of nuance in these “get rid of IP and copyright completely (and if you disagree you’re an idiot)” arguments.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yep I’m right there with you. Artists of all types should be entitled to the proceeds of their work. Also, if I were creative and something I’d created was plagiarised, I’d be unhappy about that too. Just because a big company abuses a system doesn’t mean it shouldn’t protect individuals.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 6 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Where did I say that it did?
I’m just trying to picture what this world would actually look like, and it seems shit.
People will still create music, but without having any sense of ownership over it whatsoever, there is zero incentive to distribute it.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 6 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Why are you people always so fucking rude when you’re shit is challenged in any way?