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

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

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    Games? Name five great FOSS games.

    Games and other media that are labor intensive to make and trivial to copy will not exist without some form of copyright.

    Live music and theater will still exist, as well as physical works like paintings and sculptures. But say goodbye to professional books, films, games, comics, and scripted television (I guess we’d go back to sports and live variety shows). No more professional journalists, nature photography, audiobooks, podcasts…

    Trademark is a form of intellectual property but never mind that. Who do you think is paying for all those indie games and films?

    Sure, we can talk about some major reforms, but you seem to be fine throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

    • KISSmyOS@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Linux, Firefox, LibreOffice, etc. are all labor intensive to make and trivial to copy.
      People buy games on Steam they could easily pirate cause it’s more convenient.
      And you could just turn AAA games into a subscription model or charge for accessing the server per hour.

      Novels can be financed through donations to pay for the author’s time, or by a government grant.
      Journalism lives from being the first to publish something, by the time it’s copied it’s already worthless, even in today’s model.
      Science journals and text books should be financed by the state and made available for free.

      My takeaway message here is: Removing copyright won’t remove the demand for media. If supply dries up because current distribution models aren’t profitable, the demand will drive other methods of monetization.