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| changes in the future We are going through a period of time right now where copyright is receiving significant emphasis. Perhaps this only matters to people who are infringing copyright - perhaps copyright is just a code word for "busted"...
But I prefer to think about how the world would be a better place if we all took this seriously - if we all re-thought the way we think about things - if we all encouraged each other to respect copyright.
One thing that would probably be rather beneficial in the long run is if artists retained their own copyright. Vista, for instance - is copyrighted by Microsoft, but Microsoft didn't write it - computer programmers did. What if these hard-working brilliant software engineers kept their own copyright? Screenwriters give their copyright away when they sell a script - they "sell" their copyright. Musicians give their copyright away when they sign a recording contract.
If copyright is this sacred, extremely important thing, if respecting the role of the artists is paramount, how's about if the big companies allow the artist to keep their copyrights? Copyrights should stay with the original authors - works for hire are unethical!
If copyright is so important, maybe we should all listen - maybe we should all care... including the artists. We should all demand to keep our copyrights. They represent the end result of a creative process, and as a culture, perhaps we really aren't giving them the respect they deserve. Perhaps we need to re-think. | |
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If copyright is this sacred, extremely important thing, if respecting the role of the artists is paramount, how's about if the big companies allow the artist to keep their copyrights? Copyrights should stay with the original authors - works for hire are unethical!
But perfectly legal and it has centuries of precedent. One of the best recent examples are the pulp magazines of the 3-s and 40s. The Shadow was written by many different authors under the name "Maxwell Grant"; it was the publishing company, not the authors, who kept the intellectual copyright to the character. The same has occurred today with Batman, Superman, and other superheroes in comics - they are the property of DC and Marvel, not their individual creators.
This 'work for hire' can be traced all the way back to the Renaissance, when patrons supported artists and claimed their work as their own. That's a heck of a lot of legal and historical precedent that you are seeking to overturn. | |
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