What should I do about YouTube?

Re:What should I do about YouTube? by Kalium on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:20PM (#8937691)

My heart also aches at the state of affairs in intellectual property law. It's a terrible system from top to bottom that serves mostly to suppress creativity. It badly needs to be re-engineered, but there are far too many vested interests to make that practical.

I haven't thought back to Forensics in a very, very long time. Geez.

If you think my attitude is hostility, then I submit that you could stand to benefit by reading my comments more carefully.

EDIT: Also, DistroKid doesn't allow me to set my own terms. It doesn't look like what I proposed at all.

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Re:What should I do about YouTube? by oldmanjay on Saturday January 24, 2015 @12:44PM (#8940285)

I have a hard time understanding how the copyright system suppresses creativity considering we have available now more creative output, in a wider variety, conveniently available at reasonable prices including free, than has ever been the case before

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Re:What should I do about YouTube? by ee04 on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @10:52AM (#8953654)

Part of that is the result of easier distribution, cheaper production, and more available leasure for classes able to do creation.

How the copyright system influence this is (to my mind) uncertain. The system may be positive, or it may be negative. There isn't sufficient research nor natural experiments to know. I strongly suspect some level of copyright protection is positive, but there are too many variables to be able to be certain.

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