Valid point (and one I initially did not consider). But I still stand by what I said, although I admit it can be more flexible if you’re contractually bound to write a series. Maybe a few years’ worth of extensions per entry or it starts after a series is over? Certainly not 70 years after an author’s death. We know books depend on popularity to sell, and we’ve seen only a few (relatively) authors get rich on their books alone.
10 years is a long time - I would not stay in a job that doesn’t pay enough for my needs for 10 years no matter how much I enjoy it. My problem is I admittedly am not well-versed in that specific industry (trusted resources are welcome as I’ve tried searching but I don’t recognize many of the websites so idk how reliable they are). But an increase in salary (or advances) and/or royalties may be in order. I think everyone is entitled to that at this point.
Again, this is from my admittedly limited knowledge in that specific industry, so feel free to correct me. It’s just that imho IP rights, as they are today, is kind of ludicrous.
I agree with you both, although imho 15/20 is a bit too long? The only reason being something can be improved better(?) by multiple entities working on it (competitively) than a single entity. Maybe 10 years? I’m thinking if I have an invention (let’s say a new engine), 10 years should be enough for me to earn my share. After that, other companies/individuals can use my base/foundation and build on it. With more people working on that engine and competing with each other, the end product would probably be much better than when I work at it alone.
I’m not going to argue for/against the article. However,
we need laws and policies promoting open access and sharing of knowledge, not maximizing profits through contrived scarcity
As a fan of FOSS (and the Open Source community in general), I completely agree with this. Sharing knowledge can do a lot of good.
A lot of the posts say they couldn’t make an account or lemmy is ugly. Well…
it’s not our problem if your dumbass can’t even handle signing up. If you’re that incompetent to be unable to sign up, good luck with piracy.
lemmy is ugly? Ok that’s subjective. There’s also kbin which looks great (imho) on desktop. Lemmy-wise, our apps (in fucking alpha) already look better and function better than the official reddit app.
Let them stay there. It’s ironic those “pirates” prefer to support big corpo. Shows what they really are.
Edit: and that breaks my “X number of days without browsing reddit.” Tbf i only looked at that post. Yeah, that’s what I’ll tell myself to feel better. Lmao.
Great post. Imho, a fundamental thing we should not ignore is letting people know what they’re in for. I’ve seen some users glossing over the intricacies of the fediverse to get others to sign up. I understand their side, but imo that’s not a good way to have people come over. People should be educated enough of the pros and cons as much as possible, although that might mean some would get intimidated and refuse to join.
Clear policies will be very helpful in addressing that, i think.
Edit: just have to add that i haven’t opened the links yet and only read the whole post. Not at home so I’ll check them out later.
I think being open to change is good. Right now, I’m committed to lemmy. There are a few wrinkles here and there, so I’m hoping those things get sorted out.
However, if it turns to shit or a much better one comes along, then I’ll definitely consider moving. Individually that’s easy. For a community, though, it might be challenging.
I see Empress is still subtle and classy as always.