Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it [Updated]
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One of the supposed justifications for the intellectual monopoly called copyright is that it drives creativity and culture. In the last few weeks alone we have had multiple demonstrations of why the opposite is true: copyright destroys culture, and not by accident, but wilfully. For example, the MTVNews.com site, along with its sister site CMT.com, …

  • rottingleafEnglish
    53·
    3 months ago

    cannot claim my own writing or characters for themselves

    If by “claim” you mean falsify authorship, I suspect this would still be illegal even without all the copyright laws.

    I like having the ability to tell people … cannot reproduce them

    Well, this is a problem.

    • FiniteBanjoEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      If by “claim” you mean falsify authorship, I suspect this would still be illegal even without all the copyright laws.

      You would be wrong, in the USA at least.

      • rottingleafEnglish
        10·
        3 months ago

        OK, well, that certainly should be illegal.