Re:After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
by a1369209993 on Thursday May 23, 2019 @05:52PM
(#19996381)
> The movie makers stop making movies because they won't make money on them.
Counterexample:
fanfiction.net 13'293'677 works
archiveofourown.org 4'825'000 works
fimfiction.net 125'797 works
[assorted forums and individual websites that make up the other half of my bookmarks] ? works
It looks like people will in fact make things even when they know - due to copyright law even - that they cannot make money on them.
Any creative work that will only get made if the authors think they can extort money from the people who benfit from it is a work that society is better off without.
Counterexample:
fanfiction.net 13'293'677 works
archiveofourown.org 4'825'000 works
fimfiction.net 125'797 works
[assorted forums and individual websites that make up the other half of my bookmarks] ? works
It looks like people will in fact make things even when they know - due to copyright law even - that they cannot make money on them.
Any creative work that will only get made if the authors think they can extort money from the people who benfit from it is a work that society is better off without.