This iconic mouse is weeks away fromn being in the public domain Jan. 1, 2024, is the day when ‘Steamboat Willie’ enters the public domain

  • Calavera@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Copyright should be abolished.

    Completely agree, not just copyrights but patents too.

    Open environments are way more productive and creative then lock stuff for decades.

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      11 months ago

      Patents were invented to make things more open. Before patents, companies and people relied on trade secrets. They would go out of their way to hide how everything worked. At least with a patent things needed to be in the open and eventually became public domain.

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      11 months ago

      Open environments are way more productive and creative then lock stuff for decades.

      Source?

      The idea of copyright and patents is to ensure that you can get compensated for your own work. There’s no point in creating a unique idea when Disney can just copy it and take all the money for themselves.

      There are flaws with how copyright and patents are implemented, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamentally broken. The alternative would be much worse.

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          11 months ago

          CC is a great alternative for some cases, but far from all. Most artists want to protect their work, and CC don’t help with that.

          How much Creative Commons media do you consume?

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        11 months ago

        I find copyright and patents very different, at least in the U.S. I support copyright, but not patents. Patents are used to stifle creativity and generate lawsuits.

        Example, I designed something and was urged to patent it. It combines hardware, electronics, and in some iterations software as well. I released it copyleft instead. People make it in their garage, cottage industry sells it, a multinational profits from it.

        The current designs are much better than my original. If I had patented it it might stagnate, or I could litigate and try to prevent innovation.

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        11 months ago

        Look at Linux and open source projects as a whole, like Lemmy, or how 3D printer community flourished after some 80s patents lost their validity and so on…

        Disney can just copy it

        They are the ones who most profit from this CR and patent scheme, if they would profit from open projects they would lobby in that direction not the other way around

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        11 months ago

        So sounds like we should be arguing to abolish the need for employment to survive instead of defending the status quo.