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[โ€“] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 69 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

This is an ~~extremely unpopular~~ opinion, but I just hate copyright as a concept to begin with. Yes I want creators to own their own work and be able to profit from it....but that's not even how it works now. Like 10 companies own all the popular IPs, many don't even do anything with them. They hire artists, tell them to make stuff and because they are on payroll the company owns it. Fan fiction already exists and rarely do they get confused with the original. I'm not concerned about big companies stealing the little guys work because those big companies most of the time can't even manage to make interesting concepts out of their existing work with the benefit of already owning the creations of thousands of artists.

All so Mickey Mouse could be covered under copyright for 100 fucking years.

Edit: I have apparently misunderstood the popularity of this opinion.

[โ€“] anthoniix@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

This is the correct take. Copyright as a concept is just flawed, especially in a world where you can sell those ideas.

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