• @[email protected]
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    1215 days ago

    Honestly, copyright is shit. It is created on the basis of an old way of doing things. That is, where big editors and big studios make mass productions of physical copies of a said ‘product’. George R. R. Martin , Warner Studios & co are rich. Maybe they have everything to lose without their copy’right’ but that isn’t the population’s problem. We live in an era where everything is digital and easily copiable and we might as well start acting like it.

    I don’t care if Sam Altman is evil, this discussion is fundamental.

    • @[email protected]
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      1715 days ago

      How did GRRM get rich again?

      oh yeah he sold books he worked on for decades, totally the same WB.

      • @[email protected]
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        -415 days ago

        He didn’t just sell books, he got signed by editors who published him worldwide. That’s what I’m talking about. He was ‘chosen’ by the market.

        • @redisdead
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          415 days ago

          You can be picked up by every single editor on the planet, if your books are shit you ain’t selling them.

          People who cry about copyright are either creatively bankrupt or leeches who believe artists shouldn’t be paid for their work.

          • @Ensign_Crab
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            214 days ago

            if your books are shit you ain’t selling them.

            Dude, the Twilight series is right there.

            • @redisdead
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              014 days ago

              They work for a certain audience.

              • @Ensign_Crab
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                014 days ago

                They work for a certain audience.

                Yes, people who like shit books. They’re still shit books and they still sold fucktons of copies.

                • @redisdead
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                  014 days ago

                  It’s a good book for these people. If you think it doesn’t take talent to do it, feel free to go for it, and enjoy your easy money.

        • @drislands
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          215 days ago

          I do not understand what point you’re making. Can you elaborate?

          • @[email protected]
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            114 days ago

            Yes. I mean that copyright just protects those people that were selected by the industry. I don’t mind paying for the artist’s work. But I still think it should be DRM free and easily distributable - so people can support the artist if they like the work.