tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post2113179319370048893..comments2023-10-21T22:10:53.015-05:00Comments on Design Notes: Ah yes, without money, why would anyone write?!?Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-41758930186411906042010-06-29T23:16:04.897-05:002010-06-29T23:16:04.897-05:00Well- I happen to think Scott Adams is pretty awes...Well- I happen to think Scott Adams is pretty awesome. There are two comic strips that I read in trades (not the newspaper- don't be crazy) and they're Dilbert and Foxtrot. <br /><br />But yeah, copyrights are way too long. Even worse imo, is the way trademarks are used to make the whole idea of public domain some weird joke. <br /><br />Last time I had too much free time and did a Vigilancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302020918798504358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-88694496398566568822010-06-29T23:07:14.250-05:002010-06-29T23:07:14.250-05:00I think you can make a moral argument for copyrigh...I think you can make a moral argument for copyrights...to a point.<br /><br />It's ludicrous that stuff is locked up for 95 years before hitting the public domain at this point. Of course, it's also ludicrous that companies can own copyrights, IMO.<br /><br />The DMCA was a crime against art, in my opinion, and I'm not talking about file-sharing when I say that.<br /><br />The Desert Ratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-12917097277982992512010-06-14T13:27:05.993-05:002010-06-14T13:27:05.993-05:00Preston, as you can probably imagine, I have no pr...Preston, as you can probably imagine, I have no problem with writers making enough money to dedicate themselves to their craft full time. <br /><br />However, despite acknowledging that people will still write for free, he also says that the profession of writer will go away, "like cowboys did". <br /><br />Even ignoring people who write from sheer desire (like TS Eliot did), or for Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334071256551332865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-15298900349043716542010-06-14T08:40:23.561-05:002010-06-14T08:40:23.561-05:00I'm going to take the contrarian opinion. Firs...I'm going to take the contrarian opinion. First, I don't think that Adams is saying that great works can't or won't be created "for free". In fact, in his last paragraph he admits <i>As an author, my knee-jerk reaction is to assume that the media content of the future will suck because there will be no true professionals producing it. But I think suckiness is solved by Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076007947768095069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11153231.post-17535042903483515352010-06-03T23:14:21.077-05:002010-06-03T23:14:21.077-05:00As a corollary...if you write or create something ...As a corollary...if you write or create something of value, chances are you'll see a little money about it.<br /><br />Scott Adams' problems is that he ceased to be relevant about 5-10 years ago and is pretty much just mailing in Dilbert at this point.Darth ObiWanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297631956978952844noreply@blogger.com