On principal I agree, but have you thought about how artists are to make a living? It is already hard now, so how should they make money in the future?
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darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 5 months agoWell, if you don’t copyright everything, then it’s not stealing. We need more open culture, not closed off “IP”.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 months ago
darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 5 months ago
The same way they are now? Copyright is barely a protection for independent artists, and largely serves the interests of big “IP” holders like Disney.
Paragone@beehaw.org 5 months ago
You don’t have to do ANYthing in order to have copyright on your images.
That is standard throughout the Berne convention & has been for decades.
Registering makes court-cases easier to win, but having copyright on one’s renditions isn’t in any way requiring that one have registered anything with anybody.
darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Ok, but that is beside the point. Copyright only serves the interests of large IP holders, like Disney.
Vodulas@beehaw.org 5 months ago
The issue there is that we still live in a capitalist hellscape, and artists need to make money to survive. Until we have a situation where artists can make art and not worry about where their rent (yes, fuck landlords) or food, they will need to be able to make a living somehow.