Comment on Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it
Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 months agoThe average cost of litigating a federal copyright case from pre-trial through appeals is $278,000. But sure, keep pretending you could play with the big boys.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months ago
With a good case a lot of lawyers would be willing to work pro bono, especially when it’s an individual infringed by a corporation who have plenty to take from.
For example, the script for the movie The Purge was stolen from an individual in 2012, and after 4 years of litigation Universal paid out a massive settlement in 2018 and also ended the series despite its success.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 months ago
A lot of lawyers would be willing to work pro bono on a IP case? You have no way to pay for your rights then. Sounds like a system that is going to work well for you.
Reforming a bad idea does not make it a good idea. Until you can come to terms with just how imbalanced the system is then you probably don’t know what is really going on.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 4 months ago
It’s imbalanced, I never said otherwise, but not having it would suck more.