gamasutra.com — "I think we are witnessing the beginning of the end of a major era in world history. It may take fifty years, it may take a hundred, but the age of copyright is drawing to a close. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but it’s inevitable."
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Closed AccountNov 29, 2005
umm with our copywright and patents.......i invented the plane,the car, windows and wrote the original linx kernal umm no copywriths r her to stay<a class="user" href="http://www.frontlinetech.blogspot.com">http://www.frontlinetech.blogspot.com</a>
Closed AccountNov 29, 2005
get rid of GPL too, so i can sell copies of Linux to make some quick bucks.
Closed AccountNov 29, 2005
why do you think pearPC developers get pissed when CherryOS steal their code?
Closed AccountNov 29, 2005
This article is nicely written for a piece of fiction. Copyright exists because it is a fundamental human right. See Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN. Protection of intellectual property is not for the purpose of "innovating society." Since when was my purpose and life about slaving for "the society?" What I spend my life creating is my own moral right. The last year of my life I spent thinking about a new business method is not just an intangible idea with a potential for income...its a year of my life I'll never get back. That is what a patent is protecting. Stealing that idea is equal to stealing a year of my life and the energy and creativity I spent. If anything, piracy is worse than slavery. At least slave owners provided shelter and food. Copyright will go away the day we stop respecting human beings and we regress to a barbaric environment where force and slaughter is the only way to get what you want out of people. Look how well the Great Purge of intellectuals turned out in Stalinist Soviet Union. That is the dream of this article.
Closed AccountNov 29, 2005
I agree with the author, but I don't think anybody has the answer for this problem yet. However, I am sure solutions for all of these problems will evolve; and 50 years from now, it will all seem soooo evident :-)
pgm_01Nov 30, 2005
IDC has some very creative mash-ups, you should listen.<a class="user" href="http://www.idcmusic.com/consume.html">http://www.idcmusic.com/consume.html</a>
rmendisDec 4, 2005
I've often wondered about whether a donor-based movie production model might work. Instead of going to a studio to get funding, the writer or director assembles a team, puts the idea together, and then publishes it on the web asking for donor support. Once enough money is raised from the interested public (a good way to ensure there will in fact be an interested audience), the film production begins. All the donors get passes to see the film when it is released, perhaps at a pre-screening or premiere. Also, all donors names appear in the end credits. Sure, there are kinks to work out, but it would be an interesting experiment.