HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge

Re:HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge by tptacek on Sunday January 15, 2023 @07:33PM (#34395286)

I don't think you'd be able to support with evidence the argument that copyright has stifled innovation, given that the "modern format" of copyright tracks an extraordinarily innovative period.

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Re:HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge by benj111 on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:57AM (#34398854)

Even you aren't identifying cause and effect though. Copyright postdates the printing press. Is it copyright or the printing press that led to the explosion in books?

Then if you look at technology like the internet, there's plenty of people creating things, not for monetary reward, but because they enjoy it.

Not that I'm necessarily on the same /page/ as the parent. I would defend copyright as a tool to enable new works to be created and allow creators to make a living, and ultimately get works into the public domain. As such I would limit copyright to a much shorter period.

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