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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
That's hilarious. My incentive to create is increased by decreasing my right to benefit from it. This runs contrary to any theory of motivation I know about. Normally, the greater the benefit, the greater the motivation.
Explain yourself.
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Easy one.
Ok, let's rewind the situation, back approximately, what 100 years ago it seems like. ;> Walt Disney is making his first cartoons - he is using Grimms Fairy Tales (PD), and the Jungle Book (PD).. Now, where would he be if that material was still copyrighted? Not producing Snow White or the Jungle Book, that's for sure.
Now, your "incentive to create" - Right now, anything you create not only gives YOU royalties for your ENTIRE LIFE, it gives your children, and probably your grandchildren royalties as well. Is that fair? I don't think so, and neither did the framers of the US Constitution:
"The Congress shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts . . . by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive rights to their respective writings and discoveries."
Limited times was 14 years. Now it's 90-150, depending on who you are and how long you live. Do you really think that having limited copyrights is hurting you? No, it's not - Disney just thinks it will hurt them, which is why they keep buying legislation, and will do so until the Supreme Court steps on it.
Cheers,
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