• harmsy@lemmy.world
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        I don’t think copyright is inherently immoral. I think it’s good to have at least a temporary monopoly on a piece of creative work that you’ve made. The important word here is temporary. The way it’s set up right now, copyright protection lasts too damn long.

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        people share stories. it’s natural and good. copyright is a government enforced monopoly that prohibits sharing. it’s immoral.

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            5 months ago

            But with copyright you don’t get to make that decision, the copyright holder does.

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              I definitely dont. Ive shared a fuckload of stories without ever consulting the copyright holder.

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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          The gubmint isn’t forcing you to only sell your stories. If you want, you can upload your stories on a website for free.

          But you don’t get to tell people how they should distribute their creation. That’s some authoritarian bullshit.

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        personal attacks are expressly prohibited in this community.

        This means you’ve been reported already. Be prepared.

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            Oh I wouldn’t report you. But the person you’re arguing with- the one I quoted, absolutely will. It’s what they do. I was just trying to give you a friendly heads up.

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                Yeah. It’s tremendously sad. Look at their comment history. I and many others tried reasoning with this person. SO many times. They’re purposefully being difficult just to stir a pot. There’s absolutely no reasoning with them.

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                  If this is the type of argument they make, they strike me as the kind of person to stiff an artist they commissioned because “bro your art is public bro”.

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                    I’m at the point where I’m pretty much not allowed to discuss a thing about that guy. He’s getting everything I say removed and banned. I’m now going to private discussion with members, mods, and admins to see what can be done about him.

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              So what exactly is the issue again with artists and authors and singers making billions when hundreds of millions of fans buy their work?

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                nothing is wrong with selling your work. it’s immoral to (use a government-enforced artificial monopoly to) stop others from sharing culture, though.

                it’s impossible to know how much money she made just because of her (artificial, government-enforced) monopoly position in the market. but without that monopoly, i don’t believe she’d have ever come close to being a billionaire.