> Copyright is meant to give the original creator a monopoly over their creation (so that others don't profit off of their work).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the goal of copyright is to incentivize innovation (specifically of art and culture) and to provide innovators a way recoup (and profit) off of innovation they've made public. I view it as similar to how patents work in that it's an incentive for people to publicize and share their works more broadly.
> Are you not a fan of copyright in its current scope / implementation? Because it sounds like you do agree with its goal.
I have a differing understanding of the goal of copyright based off of what you've said, but I think our understandings are similar in that the copyright holder benefits from copyright/patents of their works.
I dislike the ways our current implementations of copyright are abused. I think the concept of fair use makes copyright as it is today workable. I also think our current copyright laws (at least in the US) have a lot of failure modes that subvert what I believe the purpose of copyright should be: to advance art and culture with legal and economic incentive.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the goal of copyright is to incentivize innovation (specifically of art and culture) and to provide innovators a way recoup (and profit) off of innovation they've made public. I view it as similar to how patents work in that it's an incentive for people to publicize and share their works more broadly.
> Are you not a fan of copyright in its current scope / implementation? Because it sounds like you do agree with its goal.
I have a differing understanding of the goal of copyright based off of what you've said, but I think our understandings are similar in that the copyright holder benefits from copyright/patents of their works.
I dislike the ways our current implementations of copyright are abused. I think the concept of fair use makes copyright as it is today workable. I also think our current copyright laws (at least in the US) have a lot of failure modes that subvert what I believe the purpose of copyright should be: to advance art and culture with legal and economic incentive.