One of the supposed justifications for the intellectual monopoly called copyright is that it drives creativity and culture. In the last few weeks alone we have had multiple demonstrations of why the opposite is true: copyright destroys culture, and not by accident, but wilfully. For example, the MTVNews.com site, along with its sister site CMT.com, …
Because you invested your time, effort and money to create this piece of art. Why on earth would anybody decide to create art if it was a guarantee that they’d die in a gutter?
In your anarchist utopia, maybe an artist can thrive. But we’d have to get all the way there first.
And in every step from where we are to where you want to get to, the artist is significantly worse off. You’re just letting perfect be the enemy of good.
I invest my time, effort, and money into the games and stories I make and release for free online.
Why do I do this? Because creating is fun, and seeing others play or read them is inspiring.
because you can afford to because you already have a way to support yourself in society
also, not all creatives are idealists, so would need some form of incentive to put in the extra effort to release their work to the public
I appreciate that, and equally that there are really good artists who can not afford to create and survive on their work, without it. Surely there’s a reasonable balance to be had, and megacorporations can be made to respect that balance (in theory), while also paying livable wages. In practice, it would require honest courts, lawyers, and politicians, so there’s that.