A Copyfighter’s Musings

Ernest has a nice follow-up to my post yesterday.  From a public policy perspective, I generally agree with him.  I also agree that there are significant practical problems – it will be incredibly difficult and will require more adverse effects (and legislative change) than people often concede.  But I’m still not totally sure I can call it futile yet.  The window doesn’t have to be gigantic – many movies derive their revenue substantially from first week or two of sales, and the same is true to a slightly lesssr extent in music.  The industries could shift even more in that direction.  It won’t be helpful for all artists all of the time, but it could make a difference.  But, like I said, I’m not totally convinced that it’s practically feasible in a way that won’t be substantially harmful on balance.

Filed by Derek Slater at 10:45 pm under General news
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