Greevar, you've flown off the deep end in your wild re-imagining of society, not just copyright law. I'm not sure why I'm even wasting my lunch to respond... For those looking for the abridged version of this wall of text, see the orange bits. I probably should of drawn a distinction between laws enacted in modern times by…
Are you saying charge $60 for a game then on top of that charge $5-10-20 more for extra content? That sucks and it not many people go for the extras when they're offered. Or are you saying after the first few weeks of people buying it at $60 drop the price? They do this already its called "greatest hits". It's not an…
Actually, the a large part of the idea behind using slave labor in the south was for the purpose of keeping out smaller competitors that couldn't afford slaves. The cotton gin gave them the ability to do more work with a smaller labor force. The civil war broke out because people were arguing the validity of slaves being…
(Shrug) You may be right. There certainly is a greater degree of infrastructure for the industry to fall back on this time around. I would again point to Valve, Blizzard, and OnLive. I'm certain that all of those companies would welcome an increased developer presence with open arms. If an industry collapse occurred,…
You just proved that your statement is false. Innovations in technology made slavery advantageous to southern landholders. It made slaves inferior in terms of separating cotton, but it economically justified their widespread use in picking cotton. (the cotton gin didn't pick cotton, it just separated cotton much more…
It's harmless in the sense that there are other ways to make money from art. The fact of the matter is, that the way the business is done today is only functional because there is a law that makes such a business model partly valid. It requires that those that create and publish art are the only ones with the power to…
I agree with most of what you guys are saying, but some stuff seems really off to me. Take this for instance: I'm not sure where the logic is there. On the one hand, you're saying that PCs are infested with piracy so much so that it drove developers into consoles. Which for the sake of argument I'll agree with, but I'm not…
Not directly related but interesting all the same; http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/01/21/no-anime-for-foreigners-until-you-wipe-out-fansubs/ - I find the whole reaction to be such an over the top kneejerk thing to do and theyre practically shooting themselves in the foot by doing it. I'm someone who follows anime like…
1) No, copyright was born out of censorship back when the printing press was new. They took the power to print books away from the public and imposed strict approval systems to prevent people from printing anything that might be seditious. Stationers were given the sole power to print books under the law. If you wanted to…