Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it [Updated]
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One of the supposed justifications for the intellectual monopoly called copyright is that it drives creativity and culture. In the last few weeks alone we have had multiple demonstrations of why the opposite is true: copyright destroys culture, and not by accident, but wilfully. For example, the MTVNews.com site, along with its sister site CMT.com, …

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
    53·
    1 month ago

    cannot claim my own writing or characters for themselves

    If by “claim” you mean falsify authorship, I suspect this would still be illegal even without all the copyright laws.

    I like having the ability to tell people … cannot reproduce them

    Well, this is a problem.

    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
      14·
      1 month ago

      If by “claim” you mean falsify authorship, I suspect this would still be illegal even without all the copyright laws.

      You would be wrong, in the USA at least.