Post AdDBHA50GqgwtMyIEq by tilvids@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AdBrPbwyLAXdPF0TdA by tilvids@mstdn.social
       2023-12-26T04:35:00Z
       
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       According to FreeWillie.net, #steamboatwillie transition into the public domain exactly 7 days from now. That's much longer than it should have taken, but at least it starts a big snowball.Copyright law needs to be fundamentally re-written to support creators, not corporations.https://www.freewillie.net#copyright #tech
       
 (DIR) Post #AdCTGqqlN1MNGkLuwS by phf@social.sdf.org
       2023-12-26T11:39:08Z
       
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       @tilvids Surely that most independent of courts, the supreme court, will hasten to their defense pronto? I mean they're mui independent and we'll beyond all bribery. The law must prevail! Also happy holidays.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdCUmqJH0vT0oZVSs4 by mlanger@mastodon.world
       2023-12-26T11:56:11Z
       
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       @tilvids @feoh And if the creator started and owned the corporation?🤔
       
 (DIR) Post #AdChLcOjvdLbFlPbtI by tilvids@mstdn.social
       2023-12-26T14:16:56Z
       
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       @mlanger @feoh Clawing back copyright law to a shorter period would inherently benefit creators, because they could make derivative works much earlier on. So regardless of individual or corporation, limiting copyright to a period of something reasonable like 30-40 years would give creators a long enough protection to benefit, without having copyright law serve to enrich corporations.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdCmvTbab3gIB9L9SC by mlanger@mastodon.world
       2023-12-26T15:19:25Z
       
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       @tilvids @feoh Are you a creator earning money off your copyrighted works? Curious.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdCn394OpXxmo3TMo4 by tilvids@mstdn.social
       2023-12-26T15:20:49Z
       
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       @mlanger @feoh I do create content sometimes, but generally have opted not to monetize my creations. How about you?
       
 (DIR) Post #AdCnzMNJWKUurp4vqK by mlanger@mastodon.world
       2023-12-26T15:31:17Z
       
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       @tilvids @feoh I wrote tech books for more than 20 years and have published 85 of them. I also have a very profitable YouTube channel from when I flew helicopters for a living.  So yes, a sizable chunk of my income has been derived from my intellectual property.What a lot of people don’t understand is how many creators give their rights away for the privilege of being published. Copyright is not as cut and dried as you think it is.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdCoEDTss1zlcuEgS0 by tilvids@mstdn.social
       2023-12-26T15:34:03Z
       
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       @mlanger @feoh That's my original point though. Copyright law, in it's current form, is not doing much to benefit you as an individual creator. There's no good societal reason for creative works to be protected for a century; the only ones that benefit in that scenario are corporations. Allowing temporary monopolies over creative works for 20, 30, even 40 years is beneficial to creators, but at some point that benefit flips to stifling new creation at the benefit of large corporations.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdD7VzdB0Avl0qlwrw by epicEaston197@cyberfurz.social
       2023-12-26T18:15:04Z
       
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       @tilvids wait I thought steamboat willie already went into the public domain like over a year ago. Did something happen?
       
 (DIR) Post #AdD7W0kepqVcULHRAW by tilvids@mstdn.social
       2023-12-26T19:10:09Z
       
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       @epicEaston197 Nope. January 1st, 2024. It's a big day for copyright!
       
 (DIR) Post #AdDAsm0692MdGJ31fs by mlanger@mastodon.world
       2023-12-26T19:47:51Z
       
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       @tilvids @feoh I don’t have offspring to leave my intellectual property rights to, but if I did and those rights were valuable, don’t you think those rights should last long enough for me to pass them on?And I’m really not understanding the argument about huge corporations. Yes, Disney turned out to be a huge corporation. (It wasn’t when Walt animated Steamboat Willie.) But is that the rule or exception?
       
 (DIR) Post #AdDBHA50GqgwtMyIEq by tilvids@mstdn.social
       2023-12-26T19:52:17Z
       
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       @mlanger @feoh The intention of copyright was not to pass on generational wealth, but rather to give creators a temporary monopoly over their works, long enough to capitalize on them for a period of time, but not so long that they can't transition into the public domain where other creators can utilize them in new works. I would definitely say it's more important for works to pass into the public domain than to pass down as generational wealth.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdDBYJEfTz2SDAfWNs by mlanger@mastodon.world
       2023-12-26T19:55:21Z
       
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       @tilvids @feoh I’ll tell you what happens to copyrighted books when they go into the public domain: people scan the, format them, and sell them as e-books or even printed books. They’re not building on someone else’s work. They’re taking that work and making money off of it. Should they be allowed to do that after 20, 30, or 40 years? Wouldn’t it be nicer if the author had control of his own work for longer time or was able to pass it off to his kids or grandkids to help fund their dreams?