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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9534010" data-attributes="member: 18182">If society for some reason abandoned copyright, trademark, and intellectual property rights . . . which isn't going to happen . . . but if it did . . . it would be a big change for sure! It would change the type of media we'd get as consumers and it would certainly change the ability of artists to make a full-time living off their work.But overall, would it be a negative change? I'm not convinced it would be.We would certainly be getting less published novels to enjoy, but we'd still get literary works. We'd get less multi-million blockbuster movies and video games, maybe even no more at all! But we'd still get movies and video games. Same with comics, role-playing games, and other types of artistic media. The pace and scope of media being released for our enjoyment and consumption would slow . . . but it would not stop. And there is so much wonderful stuff on the market that is existing right now, you could never consume it all!It would be even harder for artists, at least artists who aren't crafting physical things, to make a full-time living. So? It's already hard now . . . should an artist expect to be able to do their art full time without a "day job"? Sometimes I think I'd rather a future where we had less full-time artists and more part-time artists, where almost everyone was creating art in their free time to share with others . . . but not necessarily to earn a buck.Ah well, just spitballin' here . . . I expect corporate driven increases in copyright and IP protection before I leave the mortal plane . . . I don't think I'll ever see it lessen or go away.</blockquote>

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