Re:Just Enough Piracy Can Be a Good Thing
by falcolas on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @12:38PM
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IMO, the epics are epics because of when they were written, not because of the content. Avengers: Endgame moved me to tears by killing off a character I had grown to love. The Odyssey? No tears. No attachment to the characters. Less entertainment.
> How many patrons will pay to have something made in the current world, knowing they could just recoup their money?
How could they recoup their money, if there's no exclusivity? There's nothing to sell.
> It seems to me that content will get created regardless.
I guess ultimately, there is absolutely nothing stopping people in today's from creating the best content they possibly could, except for having to cover their cost of living. Today's IP protections allow them to cover their cost of living by creating content. A lack of IP protections means that creation will always be a second or lower priority to a vast majority of creators (those not sponsored by a patron)
To me, that means that a world that lets them create as a method of covering their cost of living is a better world for those creators.
> How many patrons will pay to have something made in the current world, knowing they could just recoup their money?
How could they recoup their money, if there's no exclusivity? There's nothing to sell.
> It seems to me that content will get created regardless.
I guess ultimately, there is absolutely nothing stopping people in today's from creating the best content they possibly could, except for having to cover their cost of living. Today's IP protections allow them to cover their cost of living by creating content. A lack of IP protections means that creation will always be a second or lower priority to a vast majority of creators (those not sponsored by a patron)
To me, that means that a world that lets them create as a method of covering their cost of living is a better world for those creators.