On Copyright and Profits: 'It Was Never About The Money, Stupid'

Based on an article from TorrentFreak, licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 (Share & Remix with Attribution)
 
'When the copyright industry goes out in a public confusion and asks itself what the right price is for a copy... [it] shows that they are still stuck in the 1900s, and yet, they keep asking the question in their best voice of entitlement.

It was never about the money. The price of a copy doesn’t factor into it.

People don’t copy because of a price tag... regardless of what that price tag says.
People copy... because it is associated with freedom and because it is in human nature to share.


“But if we can’t recoup the investment in the way we always have”, says the copyright lobby threateningly to lawmakers, “there won’t be any new culture created.” This is where they go so far out they don’t even reflect sunlight any longer.

Humankind has created culture since we learned to put red paint on the inside of cave walls; others will pick up the slack immediately. If anything, it would be a blessing if the copyright industry challenged the world to see how well the world did without them.

Creative Commons is a good example of how millions of creators renounce their already-awarded copyright monopoly. That shows how much the monopoly is needed for new culture to be created, i.e. not at all.'


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