Silliness Copyright No Longer Exists...what happens next?

Moejoe · 12-05-2009, 07:13 PM

So we all wake up Jan 1st 2010 and copyright no longer exists. There is no DMCA, no DRM, no Disney and their everloving mouse. What happens next?

Keep it silly or I'll bring down the Mighty Politely-Asking-You-Stop Hammer of Justice!!!

zelda_pinwheel · 12-05-2009, 07:17 PM

derivative works ftw ! a giant mash-up parody of the entire bestseller list in one book ! something like "I, the Breathless Lost Pirate under the Dome at Twilight"

Moejoe · 12-05-2009, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

derivative works ftw ! a giant mash-up parody of the entire bestseller list in one book ! something like "I, the Breathless Lost Pirate under the Dome at Twilight"

I would purchase that book in an instant. What's not to like about it, romance, suspense, pirates, lost things...Dean Koontz and his hair plugs

zelda_pinwheel · 12-05-2009, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Moejoe

I would purchase that book in an instant. What's not to like about it, romance, suspense, pirates, lost things...Dean Koontz and his hair plugs

exactly ! in fact you wouldn't even ever need any other books, if you just had that one ! it has everything you could ever possibly want ! i would buy 700 copies of it and fill up the entire memory of my liseuse with that one title !

Elfwreck · 12-05-2009, 08:00 PM

The most bizarre Disney pornography every dredged up from the sordid minds of fans hits YouTube, with soundtracks packed with clips of 80's pop songs.

This takes six months for everyone to get bored of, except for a few devout trolls who have chosen one two-minute interval as the new Rickroll and try to inflict it on everyone.

A small student-run film group starts making a *good* miniseries version of the Sandman graphic novels. Gaiman works as a consultant.

Another small, student-run film group starts making a movie version of the first Anita Blake novel. Hamilton curses them profusely in her blog. They ignore her, and sell copies of her books at the opening of the movie, which she hates them for.

A fangroup releases an MST3K version of each of the Harry Potter movies.
Another one does the same to Lord of the Rings. They sell it in a boxed set with copies of The Very Secret Diaries.

Six thousand slash fanfic novels about Star Trek are released. Some of them are amazingly good.

Associated Press files 1200 lawsuits in January alone, alleging "EULA contract violations." Everyone's pretty sure nothing will come of any of them (they're obviously just attempts to enforce nonexistent copyrights), but a lot of lawyers are gonna be very busy for a while.

Greg Anos · 12-05-2009, 09:20 PM

The movie The Life and Times of VR (also know as The Bacon Chronicles) start filming at UCLA film school. RSE, Phrynk, GeoffC, and Zelda Pinwheel are script consultants.

Montsnmags Industries PTY sign the distribution deal....

ardeegee · 12-05-2009, 09:27 PM

kennyc will have a nervous breakdown and go to live in a padded room with the nice young men in their clean white lab coats.

Barcey · 12-06-2009, 12:01 AM

Evil stuff like this would happen.

Moejoe · 12-06-2009, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barcey

Evil stuff like this would happen.

Love it

We must abolish copyright now for more of this stuff to happen.

Donnageddon · 12-06-2009, 12:27 AM

Cats and dogs will live in unholy unions, and broccoli will taste like asparagus flavored ice cream.

Boy bands will die out and everyone will wonder why the ever put up with the crap that had been shoved down their artistic pallets for the past <life + 75> years.

pholy · 12-06-2009, 01:06 AM

So what's not to like about it?

Let's start petitions in all our countries...

Donnageddon · 12-06-2009, 03:27 AM

Of course, given the new found freedom: Chaos held a price

kindlekitten · 12-06-2009, 03:28 AM

it turns out that secretly owning the fountain of youth, Tolkein is my pen name, and I actually also own all the royalties for the screen rights of the series.

next round is on me!

LazyScot · 12-06-2009, 05:15 AM

Millions and millions of now unemployed letter c's (sitting in the middle of circles) crowd onto the streets, begging, next to scrawled signs like "327 lawyers and 89 media executives to support: please give generously."

But then the c's start to fight amongst each other over which one that came up with the sign first. The resultant riots spread rapidly across the planet and the ensuing damage trashes shops, bars, law courts, cinemas, theatre and political reputations (basically, all their old haunts). The police forces are overwhelmed. The armies are called out to do battle with the now blood-lust driven letter c's. And so starts mankind's last struggle for survival...

12-05-2009, 07:13 PM	#1
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Copyright No Longer Exists...what happens next? So we all wake up Jan 1st 2010 and copyright no longer exists. There is no DMCA, no DRM, no Disney and their everloving mouse. What happens next? Keep it silly or I'll bring down the Mighty Politely-Asking-You-Stop Hammer of Justice!!!

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Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,185 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	The most bizarre Disney pornography every dredged up from the sordid minds of fans hits YouTube, with soundtracks packed with clips of 80's pop songs. This takes six months for everyone to get bored of, except for a few devout trolls who have chosen one two-minute interval as the new Rickroll and try to inflict it on everyone. A small student-run film group starts making a good miniseries version of the Sandman graphic novels. Gaiman works as a consultant. Another small, student-run film group starts making a movie version of the first Anita Blake novel. Hamilton curses them profusely in her blog. They ignore her, and sell copies of her books at the opening of the movie, which she hates them for. A fangroup releases an MST3K version of each of the Harry Potter movies. Another one does the same to Lord of the Rings. They sell it in a boxed set with copies of The Very Secret Diaries. Six thousand slash fanfic novels about Star Trek are released. Some of them are amazingly good. Associated Press files 1200 lawsuits in January alone, alleging "EULA contract violations." Everyone's pretty sure nothing will come of any of them (they're obviously just attempts to enforce nonexistent copyrights), but a lot of lawyers are gonna be very busy for a while.

12-05-2009, 09:20 PM	#6
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,248 Karma: 35000000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	The movie The Life and Times of VR (also know as The Bacon Chronicles) start filming at UCLA film school. RSE, Phrynk, GeoffC, and Zelda Pinwheel are script consultants. Montsnmags Industries PTY sign the distribution deal....

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ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	kennyc will have a nervous breakdown and go to live in a padded room with the nice young men in their clean white lab coats.

12-06-2009, 12:01 AM	#8
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	Evil stuff like this would happen.

12-06-2009, 12:27 AM	#10
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	Cats and dogs will live in unholy unions, and broccoli will taste like asparagus flavored ice cream. Boy bands will die out and everyone will wonder why the ever put up with the crap that had been shoved down their artistic pallets for the past <life + 75> years.

12-06-2009, 01:06 AM	#11
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	So what's not to like about it? Let's start petitions in all our countries...

12-06-2009, 03:27 AM	#12
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	Of course, given the new found freedom: Chaos held a price

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12-06-2009, 05:15 AM	#14
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Millions and millions of now unemployed letter c's (sitting in the middle of circles) crowd onto the streets, begging, next to scrawled signs like "327 lawyers and 89 media executives to support: please give generously." But then the c's start to fight amongst each other over which one that came up with the sign first. The resultant riots spread rapidly across the planet and the ensuing damage trashes shops, bars, law courts, cinemas, theatre and political reputations (basically, all their old haunts). The police forces are overwhelmed. The armies are called out to do battle with the now blood-lust driven letter c's. And so starts mankind's last struggle for survival...