Re:Why Is 1 World Trade Center Missing from Spider-Man?
by kjakm on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:34AM
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This sounds like you’re saying if you’re an artist, and you do a really good job, you shouldn’t get paid and should lose the rights to your work. That’s quite a strange concept.
Re:Why Is 1 World Trade Center Missing from Spider-Man?
by mywittyname on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:14PM
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A) I literally mentioned compensation in my post.
B) Lots of people find the current rules to be unfair. An enterprising fellow could build a massive structure in NYC and claim royalty rights over any photograph which may contain it.
You might be a-okay with that, but I take it to the extreme and think about what would happen if every building owner in NYC asserted copyrights over images of their building. Then every photo taken in the city would be subject to royalty/licensing requirements. YouTube's content scanners would automatically flag any video with shots of the city, etc.
Re:Why Is 1 World Trade Center Missing from Spider-Man?
by filleduchaos on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:05PM
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Exactly. The government should forcibly open source software projects and set up a fund to honour their creators if it decides those projects are a public good.
It might sound unfair, but as an artist, creating a iconic piece of art that will be around for generations should really be worth more than money. Perhaps governments around the world could set up a fund to compensate/honor artists who achieve this.