alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 day agoJust in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation programwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down10
arrow-up1201arrow-down1external-linkJust in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation programwww.pcgamer.comalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareGeodad@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoI’m against the concept of intellectual property. Information should belong to the entirety of humanity. Just don’t bother asking someone who obviously doesn’t care anymore.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 day agoSo you post a selfie on Lemmy and the next thing you know, you’re the key subject in a new Facebook ad? I think we need some level of IP laws, but current copyright periods are way too long.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 day agohttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186 Rufus Pollock’s math agrees. I am so bummed he recently took this down from his personal website where it had been available for 15 years Now it just resolves as a 404 not found: https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoAh that’s cool, 15 year copyright sounds good to me.
I’m against the concept of intellectual property. Information should belong to the entirety of humanity.
Just don’t bother asking someone who obviously doesn’t care anymore.
So you post a selfie on Lemmy and the next thing you know, you’re the key subject in a new Facebook ad?
I think we need some level of IP laws, but current copyright periods are way too long.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1436186
Rufus Pollock’s math agrees. I am so bummed he recently took this down from his personal website where it had been available for 15 years
Now it just resolves as a 404 not found:
https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf
Ah that’s cool, 15 year copyright sounds good to me.