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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 8659563" data-attributes="member: 27897"><p>Then consider this: A completely open model for IP only really benefits those with the money to capitalize upon an IP. If, for example, Doc Smith's Lensmen series was suddenly available to all, who would stand to make more profit from it; the Smith family, or Disney? Who would essentially have the credit for it, given that the majority of movie goers wouldn't have read the seminal work? That's just one I've pulled out of thin air, but you could just as easily say GRRM and "Game of Thrones." Why would HBO have paid for it, of they could just, you know, take it? And there are thousands of excellent writers, with good ideas, that could simply be used by large studios without compensating the creator. That just doesn't sit right with me. As I've said in other posts, I have suffered from the, "It's on the internet, so it must be free!" mindset with my own IP.</p></blockquote><p></p>