Re:Copyright is Broken
by anon4 on Sunday October 25, 2015 @12:07PM
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> Those items (cheese, wine) are not covered by copyright, as they have no literary or artistic value themselves.
They should be. Cheese appearance doesn't happen by itself, it takes actual work to achieve and cheese makers strive to make the cheese look good. It isn't under copyright because the shape is also utilitarian and utilitarian items aren't under copyright (see: clothes), but there is fundamentally no difference between the way a piece of Brie looks and the way a game character looks.
They should be. Cheese appearance doesn't happen by itself, it takes actual work to achieve and cheese makers strive to make the cheese look good. It isn't under copyright because the shape is also utilitarian and utilitarian items aren't under copyright (see: clothes), but there is fundamentally no difference between the way a piece of Brie looks and the way a game character looks.