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Originally Posted by leebase
Without copyright, there is no way to profit from authoring books.
Consider the millions of dollars spent on creating the movie Avatar. Without copyright, I could instantly create a copy, distribute it across the internet for free, instantaneously. Sure, folks that run theaters could still make some money as some folks are going to pay to see it on the big screen. But the theater need not pay James Cameron one penny.
You think such a movie would be made in that environment?
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Once we abandon internet 1.0 and create internet 2.0 with no anonymity and total tracking control, copyright will essentially be irrelevant. I am slightly concerned about access to books at this point, but I have faith that all digital content will be free as the air under net 2.0, as long as you can contribute in some manner to net 2.0 functionality. I must admit to barely imagining this.
Yes the theater wouldn't have to pay the creators of Avatar but that would stop production of Avatar 2, theaters are in the business of selling popcorn, for this they need movies for people to watch as they are eating popcorn, we can only eat popcorn while watching Avatar 1 so many times. It would be in the best interests of the theaters to pay some monies to Avatar creators for more Avatar like movies.
Some would pay more, some would pay less, some people make more money, some people make less money. Everything is a spectrum, but the prices have been fixed.