Copyright: How It Went Wrong

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Strong rec Chardok · 2017-12 · on “How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay”

CGP Grey also did a fantastic video on the history of copyright and Disney's constant involvement. [this video]

Recommends mtgx · 2012-12 · on “There Is Never a Need to Justify Sharing Culture and Knowledge”

Watchi these videos, and hopefully you'll understand why having 14 years for copyright is not the same as 30 or 100 years: [this video] [LINK]

Recommends ucha · 2013-07 · on “Why does Amazon have more books from the 1880s than the 1980s? Blame copyright”

Copyrights are a deal passed between society and authors to encourage creative production. If they create something new, they can live off it for sometime until their copyright expires. Extending copyrights years after the author's death may serve a corporation or their children that can live on that rent but fails at establishing an incentive for creation. This video by CGP Grey summaries the problem pretty well ( [this video] )

Recommends aestra · 2013-12 · on “What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014”

It isn't just about "stealing." Allowing works to enter the public domain actually encourages more works to be created. People are free to remake and remix works in the public domain. Think: A REAL lot of old Disney movies (Alice and Wonderland, Jungle Book, Pinocchio...) Pride and Prejudice with Zombies That Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and guns. A Christmas Carol in play form (it lends itself really well to live theater, I suggest seeing it!) West Side Story (inspired by Romeo and Juliet) Clueless (based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma) The anime/manga Lupin III was inspired by the French gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, created by Maurice Leblanc. Japan didn't enforce copyr

Cites jshowa · 2012-01 · on “SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an "abuse of power"”

One of the major problems is copyright. The copyright laws have gotten so out of hand in this country that things still retain copyright long after the creator is dead. Back when it was first issued, it use to be only 28 years in 1710, but it has just increased and increased... I mean, what good is money if your dead? Does the media industry really need to make more than billions and billions of each year? And its not like they're that original, they release old films and books countless times and you're telling me its impossible to turn a profit in 28 years? It's ridiculous [this video]

Cites slacka · 2013-01 · on “'I Have a Dream' Posted in Defiance of Copyright for Internet Freedom Day”

These draconian laws like DMCA, SOPA, and copyright extensions that pushed though by the RIAA and MPAA are suppressing our creativity [this video] and are destroying our cultural heritage. [LINK] To top it off, their outdated business model leaches most of the money from the artists. [LINK] Copyright needs to be reformed. Some changes that I'd like to see are: * Abolish the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. * Intellectual property should be taxed like real property. [LINK] It is an asset with a value, right? If you no longer make enough to pay your taxes on it, it goes to the state to dispose of. * Copyrights are supposed to be an incentive to create. One that lasts unto your grandchildren are a d

Cites andersonvom · 2016-01 · on “What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2016?”

The so-called "myths" the author highlights are more like fallacies than actual facts. He briefly touches some points related to copyright and claims that that's all there is to it. > Myth #5. Artists Feel Restricted by Copyright Remixing works under copyright means you need the author's permission to do so, usually by paying royalties. This would be fine if copyrights ended at some point. Currently, in the US, they last way past the death of the author. > Myth #4. Copyright Harms the Public Domain He mentions The Little Prince as if all works are really popular. There are tons of works that are not popular, their authors don't even care about them anymore or are dead or companies have gone

Cites MaxBarraclough · 2020-04 · on “Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not copyrightable [pdf]”

No, that's not it. The reason is that Disney lobbied to have the copyright term extended to prevent Mickey Mouse entering the public domain. This is despite that Disney was essentially built on public domain works. This isn't how copyright was meant to work. [LINK] CGP Grey on copyright: [this video]