▲ 108 ▼ Intellectual Property should be abolished - change my mind! (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 122 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hey mateys! I made a post at /c/libertarianism about the abolition of IP. Maybe some of you will find it interesting. Please answer in the other community so that all the knowledge is in one place and easier to discover.
[–] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Canada had a system where we charged a levy on things like blank media, then distributed that levy to right holders. I don’t think it was a very good system, but maybe something that could have been improved upon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Did they just give an equal payout to each artist, or did they pay out proportional to existing revenue? That is to say, did Disney get more of this money than some novelist in a cabin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago I think it was based on things like radio play time, ratings, sales, etc.. So Disney and other big names would have got a proportially bigger cut than smaller artists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Did they just give an equal payout to each artist, or did they pay out proportional to existing revenue? That is to say, did Disney get more of this money than some novelist in a cabin? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago I think it was based on things like radio play time, ratings, sales, etc.. So Disney and other big names would have got a proportially bigger cut than smaller artists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago I think it was based on things like radio play time, ratings, sales, etc.. So Disney and other big names would have got a proportially bigger cut than smaller artists. permalink fedilink source parent