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zillyblog · 4 months ago

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Seriously. Think about who would really benefit from a lack of copyright laws.

The indie artists who can afford to make some charms and stickers?

Or the huge corporations with enough money to buy adverts, screen time, movies and series and toys and books and anything imaginable PLUS billions of eyes from socmed and global news networks?

Like. Who do you really think is going to get more mileage here? It's not the little guy.

i do think a lot of indie artists' opposition to piracy and support for copyright is an extension of the western mindset of the temporarily embarrassed millionaire. these artists dream of one day hitting it big and owning the products of their labor but the vast majority of them will never be in a position of benefiting from copyright and are far more likely to be screwed over by it

#THIS #copyright #most artists are pro-piracy and pro-copyright #and rely on the fact that most ppl DO follow the honor system of only pirating from exploitative corporations #not individuals or indie groups #copyright and IP are not the same btw #and copyright isn't perfect but it needs to be REFORMED not DESTROYED #i wish we lived in a post-scarcity society but man we do not #IP is very different and way worse #not that it's without crumbs of merit #i do think this is an argument where both sides are coming from a genuine good place most of the time #bc without capitalism I'd agree

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