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I'll definitely agree copyright law has been perverted from it's initial intention "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries".

Originally a 14 year period, it's been extended to over 5 times that length of time, effectively locking away culture for entire human lifetimes. It makes sense to reward creators with a brief period to profit from their creations, this is an incentive to create and release things. But eventually it must be released back to the culture from which it came for everyone's benefit.

Imagine if everything from 2010 entered the public domain this year, instead of works from 1929.

Seth 9mo ago

Is true. The creators and artists need a shield from the corporate lawyer sleez bags for sure. It’s a good conversation to have because it takes a lot of thought and consideration to retain that right balance.

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Ryan 9mo ago

It's been a long discussion 😂 Printers & Binders act ~1530, statute of St Anne ~ 1700, US Copyright act 1790. A balancing act that is a bit unbalanced right now maybe. The march of technology and the continued improvements to ease of copying makes it even more difficult.

Seth 9mo ago

I appreciate that history and the context of the legal framework. It shouldn’t be easy, but fundamentally we enter a new era where we need to decide the next framework for the years to come.

Ryan 9mo ago

I'm the last guy I'd expect to argue *for* Copyright law, my hobby is piracy and I like posting full movies in Nostr notes 🤣

But at the same time I see the intended purpose, and it makes sense on some scale. Just not the way it exists now, where giant corporations use it to lock up culture. Scale it back, make it apply on a more personal level. The artist, not the corporation.