Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you’ve already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is the kind of situation I’m citing:

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/one-mans-endless-hopeless-struggle-to-protect-his-copyrighted-images/

    A lot of photography is not based on planning ahead before being paid (a person requests Photo X, and then pays on delivery). Nature photographers, and in fact many other forms of artists, produce a work before people know/feel they want it, and then sell it based on demonstration - a media outlet notices their work in a gallery or on their website, and then requests use of that work themselves.

    The struggles of the above insect photographer are even with the existing IP laws - they only ask for fair compensation from what they’ve put so much effort into, and VERY MANY media outlets don’t bother; to say nothing of giving a charitable donation.

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      then sell it based on demonstration - a media outlet notices their work in a gallery or on their website

      So, they choose to rely on copyright, when they could do work for hire instead.

      they only ask for fair compensation from what they’ve put so much effort into

      No, they ask for unfair compensation based on copyrights.

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        No - they CAN’T do work for hire. Are you listening?

        “Hi. I do really cool photos. Please hire me to take one, and after you’ve paid me, you can see it.”

        According to you, that’s a comprehensive resume and advertisement for a photographer, absent of a single graphic. According to you, a client could come to a consult about buying a photo, sneak their phone camera up to the print, and say “Never mind about payment! I just copied it. You can keep the print! So long, loser.”

        You’re not even trying to imagine the impossible hurdles such a craft would have trying to earn enough to eat food every day, much less have a roof over their head. If you have nothing substantive to add, everyone on this site should be done with you.

        • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          11 months ago

          No - they CAN’T do work for hire. Are you listening?

          Your inability to imagine anything other than the status quo is really depressing.