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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I don't think anyone (worth paying attention to) is advocating the removal of copyright; some of us are saying that, if it happened, society would not collapse into a stagnant heap of boredom, but rather, we'd find a way to pay creators.
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Then my remark was not directed towards those people.
Having said that, I don't think those advocating keeping copyright are suggesting the world would collapse into a stagnant heap of boredom.(at least no one worth paying attention too.
) What they are saying is that artists would find it near impossible to make any money directly from their creative efforts without resorting to ad hoc add ons.
Do those who trade X hours for X dollars need to resort to value adding beyond their direct efforts for their employer? Or finding other incidentals to add to their work in order to be paid? Why should artists be required to?
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Probably not one that worked as well as copyright, which is why nobody (serious) is trying to eliminate copyright--nobody has an idea for anything as good, much less better, to replace it.
(I don't make a living based on copyright, but I do a lot of hobby work that does rely on it. I wouldn't post fanfic publicly if it weren't protected by copyright law.)
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I'm all for finding another way to pay artists, yet a new way(as opposed to patronage or barter or some other throw back to the past) hasn't been found yet so why do so many seem to think it will easily and magically appear if we abolish copyright?
Cheers,
PKFFW