reflectionsonp2p.blogspot.com — "The thought of not having a copyright law may sound unrealistic. But it is not. A copyright law that is already ignored by millions of young people is in practice already half-gone. And it may very well be in society's best interest to get rid of the law also formally."
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aliensoldierJun 20, 2006
That's not true!The flourishment of works based on the GNU GPL, GNU LGPL, the Creative Common Share-A-Like, and other copyleft systems disprove that. One can make a living without copyright law.The concept of "copyleft" is a legal method of making things "as if" there was no copyright law.Examples of copyleft include the GNU GPL, the GNU LGPL, and the Creative Commons Share-A-Like.The widespread existence of Free/Libre and OpenSource software and Creative Commons content disproves that people would not create anything with incentive from copyright law.The fact that Free/LIbre and OpenSource software is very very profitable disproves that profitable business models do not exist without copyright law. The fact that profitable businesses are now emerging on the Creative Commons Share-A-Like license also disproves this too.You don't need copyright law to make a living. Copyright law, as it exists today, serves to create monopolies.
plexosMar 18, 2007
It's immoral to make thousands of copies of the same information virtually free of cost and then sell each copy for a high price using the lever of Copyright law. What is copied for free should be freely copyable. The artist can make money from initial sales, personal appearances, ads on their website, sponsors, or the like.Copyright is a pain in the neck for most people and holds back progress. Those who gain are a few greedy artists who want to make millions for a few days work writing a song.