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dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 12 hours ago
Copyright was invented so artists would be able to sell their art, and more art would be made.
When copyright is protected on a product that’s no longer sold, less art is made.
When a copyright holder stops selling their art, copyright protections should immediately cease, and they should be responsible for copyright obligations - releasing the source code to the public. Use it or lose it!
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
This is the most level headed approach to IP I’ve seen. If you’re not willing to use the property you forfeit it. It’s a common contact for licensing rights for movies that forces a studio to make a movie or lose rights. That way people can’t squat on a licence to prevent others using it.
MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
A good book on this is: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 10 hours ago
Sony has to make a Spiderman movie every few years even though DVDs of the old ones are still being sold, but Ubisoft can just delete games forever and they can never be played again.