> I’m not okay with any amount of time. I think copyright should be abolished straight up.
Well in that case, see Chesterton’s Fence. Do you know why copyright exists? Do you understand the problem that the law was created to solve? What was the problem, can you summarize it? You don’t get to abolish copyright until you actually understand the history that got us here. You haven’t yet managed to acknowledge that some copying is bad, bad for the economy and bad for incentivizing creators. Some copying is done without any intent to add value, it is done purely for private financial gain. Your argument and stated opinions are not addressing the problem of people who seek to simply take value from creators. You’ll need to make a case for why people should be able to straight up steal and sell others’ work if you want to say copyright should be abolished, and you haven’t even begun to justify that position here.
As creator and author, as part-time musician, part-time artist, and full time writer of software, I’m glad copyright exists. I’ve already had cases in my life where people wanted to take my work for free and use it for their own profits. I’d be okay with some reduction in copyright term length, but I’m glad that people who just want to pirate stuff while hypocritically raging about corporate greed online don’t make the laws.
I do understand, which is why right after the part you quoted I wrote about making it tolerable. Since you basically ignored all the other things I wrote and called me a hypocritical pirate, I'm just gonna address that instead of continuing this pointless conversation.
You don't get to call me a "pirate". I've paid for way too much stuff to just allow that. I pay for streaming services of all kinds. I pay for video games, probably over a thousand titles by now. I pay for physical books. I've even paid for art through patreon, albeit anonymously. I paid for fucking Windows Vista.
You're damn right I'm a hypocrite though. Even though I have extreme opinions on copyright, I actually believe in supporting people like you. I unwittingly support the copyright industry despite advocating for its abolishment because right now I can't support creators in any other way. I put my money where my mouth is and actually purchase the works I enjoy. Only to get called a "raging pirate" anyway.
As a programmer and author, I really couldn't care less if someone copies something I've published. I have no interest in ever litigating such a case either. I understand that there is no controlling the information once it is out there. That's why the things I don't feel like sharing I keep secret.
I didn’t call you a pirate, I’m sorry I left that impression. I was talking about all the people who want to copy without paying and complain that they can’t. They are the people your whole argument is failing to address. I don’t know what you mean by “tolerable”, but you said explicitly that you’re not okay with any amount of time. That is, as you say, a very extreme position to take, one that assumes copyright doesn’t solve any problem, and despite all our talking I still haven’t yet heard any justification for it, even if you say you would reluctantly concede to leave a small term in place.
Well in that case, see Chesterton’s Fence. Do you know why copyright exists? Do you understand the problem that the law was created to solve? What was the problem, can you summarize it? You don’t get to abolish copyright until you actually understand the history that got us here. You haven’t yet managed to acknowledge that some copying is bad, bad for the economy and bad for incentivizing creators. Some copying is done without any intent to add value, it is done purely for private financial gain. Your argument and stated opinions are not addressing the problem of people who seek to simply take value from creators. You’ll need to make a case for why people should be able to straight up steal and sell others’ work if you want to say copyright should be abolished, and you haven’t even begun to justify that position here.
As creator and author, as part-time musician, part-time artist, and full time writer of software, I’m glad copyright exists. I’ve already had cases in my life where people wanted to take my work for free and use it for their own profits. I’d be okay with some reduction in copyright term length, but I’m glad that people who just want to pirate stuff while hypocritically raging about corporate greed online don’t make the laws.