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end of intellectual property?
Jan. 16th, 2008 06:04 pmSlashdot reported today that Hasbro is suing Facebook over a couple of aps that mimic Boggle and Scrabble.
Under the current laws I say, "good for Hasbro." In our current system, if you don't aggressively protect your rights, you lose them.
But I have to wonder, what happens if we simply abbolish such rights. No more copyright. Poof, just like that. You could copy all the music, movies, video games, and novels that you want. Of course, some say that without the profits that come from sales and royalties, there'd be no motive to make new movies, new video games. But really, don't we have more movies and games now than we could ever possibly watch? Musicians could still earn some income from live performances, and video games could get sponsorship for having Link drink a Pepsi to renew his life points. Since we'd be saving so much money by not paying for music and books, Congress could raise taxes, and sponsor more artists to make quality movies and music. Oh, and there could be a telethon every year to raise money for novelists, similar to what PBS does now.
Under the current laws I say, "good for Hasbro." In our current system, if you don't aggressively protect your rights, you lose them.
But I have to wonder, what happens if we simply abbolish such rights. No more copyright. Poof, just like that. You could copy all the music, movies, video games, and novels that you want. Of course, some say that without the profits that come from sales and royalties, there'd be no motive to make new movies, new video games. But really, don't we have more movies and games now than we could ever possibly watch? Musicians could still earn some income from live performances, and video games could get sponsorship for having Link drink a Pepsi to renew his life points. Since we'd be saving so much money by not paying for music and books, Congress could raise taxes, and sponsor more artists to make quality movies and music. Oh, and there could be a telethon every year to raise money for novelists, similar to what PBS does now.
