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<blockquote data-quote="TheAlkaizer" data-source="post: 8659428" data-attributes="member: 7024893"><p>I have very limited knowledge as to how copyright laws work. But I've read this thread and it was a very interesting read.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't really agree that copyright laws stifle creativity. Anyone can look at the absurd amount of consumable media released every year (games, movies, series) to see how creative and thriving this all is. I don't see why anyone would need to borrow exact characters or other elements of an IP to be creative, as opposed to getting inspired, exploring the same themes or aesthetic.</p><p></p><p>But the meat of the debate here seems to be about how long after a creator's death should the copyright expire. Most seem to agree that it should become public really shortly after their death.</p><p></p><p>I have a question... my personal situation is the following. My father worked in journalism for most of his life (some twenty-five years) and at 50, he decided to quit it all to become a writer. He's written a few books and is hoping to publish more, sell more copies. He makes very little money from this at this point.</p><p></p><p>As he's growing older, we have had a discussion about inheritance. He told me that he doesn't have much money to pass down to me, or a property. But he hopes that what he spent the last twenty years of his life creating will be some some of inheritance to pass to me. I thought that made sense. He could have kept working at his job, not created anything and eventually pass me some money; but I'm personally very proud of him for having the guts to do what he wanted to do, and I see it as fair that his work could become some sort of inheritance.</p><p></p><p>So, why do I have the feeling from most posts in this thread that an IP, and the revenues and control that comes with it, should not be in some way passed down to the next generations? Don't we want to encourage individuals to be creative? It seems unfair to me that all the work my father did, and wish to pass to me would become public domain shortly after and that then anyone, like my neighbour or someone with more means than me, could exploit that IP and profit from it.</p><p></p><p>Not all creators become very wealthy from creating, and not all creators create their best work (or work at all) early in their life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheAlkaizer, post: 8659428, member: 7024893"] I have very limited knowledge as to how copyright laws work. But I've read this thread and it was a very interesting read. Personally, I don't really agree that copyright laws stifle creativity. Anyone can look at the absurd amount of consumable media released every year (games, movies, series) to see how creative and thriving this all is. I don't see why anyone would need to borrow exact characters or other elements of an IP to be creative, as opposed to getting inspired, exploring the same themes or aesthetic. But the meat of the debate here seems to be about how long after a creator's death should the copyright expire. Most seem to agree that it should become public really shortly after their death. I have a question... my personal situation is the following. My father worked in journalism for most of his life (some twenty-five years) and at 50, he decided to quit it all to become a writer. He's written a few books and is hoping to publish more, sell more copies. He makes very little money from this at this point. As he's growing older, we have had a discussion about inheritance. He told me that he doesn't have much money to pass down to me, or a property. But he hopes that what he spent the last twenty years of his life creating will be some some of inheritance to pass to me. I thought that made sense. He could have kept working at his job, not created anything and eventually pass me some money; but I'm personally very proud of him for having the guts to do what he wanted to do, and I see it as fair that his work could become some sort of inheritance. So, why do I have the feeling from most posts in this thread that an IP, and the revenues and control that comes with it, should not be in some way passed down to the next generations? Don't we want to encourage individuals to be creative? It seems unfair to me that all the work my father did, and wish to pass to me would become public domain shortly after and that then anyone, like my neighbour or someone with more means than me, could exploit that IP and profit from it. Not all creators become very wealthy from creating, and not all creators create their best work (or work at all) early in their life. [/QUOTE]
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