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Copyright is a monopoly granted by governments to writers, artists, and performers to control the distribution, copying, and performance of their creative expression. Before the digital age, it allowed authors and publishers an opportunity to profit from their work without fear of someone making copies and selling them for their gain. | Copyright is a monopoly granted by governments to writers, artists, and performers to control the distribution, copying, and performance of their creative expression. Before the digital age, it allowed authors and publishers an opportunity to profit from their work without fear of someone making copies and selling them for their gain. | ||
− | In the digital age, when the cost and difficulty of copying has been reduced to near zero, it hasn't worked so well, especially for publishers of music and video. Industry trade organizations like the {{w|RIAA}} and {{w|MPAA}} have fought to preserve their old business models, lobbying for new laws to protect their income streams in an age where anyone can copy an {{w|MP3}} file or a DVD quickly and cheaply. This has involved ordering web sites to take down "infringing" material (and many times material which wasn't infringing), media campaigns comparing file copiers to folks who commit murder on the high seas, and suing artists and writers who have used samples of music or movies in their own work. The {{w|RIAA}} have claimed that rampant illegal copying hurts the artists | + | In the digital age, when the cost and difficulty of copying has been reduced to near zero, it hasn't worked so well, especially for publishers of music and video. Industry trade organizations like the {{w|RIAA}} and {{w|MPAA}} have fought to preserve their old business models, lobbying for new laws to protect their income streams in an age where anyone can copy an {{w|MP3}} file or a DVD quickly and cheaply. This has involved ordering web sites to take down "infringing" material (and many times material which wasn't infringing), media campaigns comparing file copiers to folks who commit murder on the high seas, and suing artists and writers who have used samples of music or movies in their own work. The {{w|RIAA}} have claimed that rampant illegal copying hurts the artists whose work is copied, as it cuts into the artists royalty payments; many artists, on the other hand, complain that the RIAA's accounting practices have denied them their fair royalties for decades anyway, and that increased copying leads to increased fans and money through direct sales and is actually better for them than the RIAA. It's a vicious war. |
An early casualty in the copyright wars was {{w|Napster}}, a later casualty was the concept of {{w|DRM}} (Digital Rights Management) on recorded music. The wars have been going on since the early 1990s and show no sign of slowing down. | An early casualty in the copyright wars was {{w|Napster}}, a later casualty was the concept of {{w|DRM}} (Digital Rights Management) on recorded music. The wars have been going on since the early 1990s and show no sign of slowing down. | ||
[http://slashdot.com Slashdot] and [http://boingboing.net Boing Boing] are two news aggregation websites which cover (among other things) the copyright wars in detail, usually biased against the RIAA, MPAA, and similar organizations. | [http://slashdot.com Slashdot] and [http://boingboing.net Boing Boing] are two news aggregation websites which cover (among other things) the copyright wars in detail, usually biased against the RIAA, MPAA, and similar organizations. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Colored drawing of a hilly grassy landscape, Cueball leaning against a tree.] | :[Colored drawing of a hilly grassy landscape, Cueball leaning against a tree.] | ||
− | :Cueball: Sometimes I just can't get outraged over copyright | + | :Cueball: Sometimes I just can't get outraged over copyright law |
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *This was the 12th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. | ||
+ | **The previous was [[10: Pi Equals]]. | ||
+ | **The next was [[11: Barrel - Part 2]]. | ||
+ | *Original title: "Copyright Law" | ||
+ | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "I posted this to a Slashdot thread about copyrights, and without any moderation, over 600 people clicked on it." | ||
+ | *This was one of the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|thirteen first comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on Friday September 30, 2005. | ||
+ | *This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006. | ||
+ | **It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others. | ||
+ | **The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44. | ||
+ | *One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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+ | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 12]] | ||
+ | [[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 12]] | ||
+ | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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Explanation
Following the copyright wars can be tiring and irritating; but faced with the beauty of nature, the importance of such matters withers away.
Copyright is a monopoly granted by governments to writers, artists, and performers to control the distribution, copying, and performance of their creative expression. Before the digital age, it allowed authors and publishers an opportunity to profit from their work without fear of someone making copies and selling them for their gain.
In the digital age, when the cost and difficulty of copying has been reduced to near zero, it hasn't worked so well, especially for publishers of music and video. Industry trade organizations like the RIAA and MPAA have fought to preserve their old business models, lobbying for new laws to protect their income streams in an age where anyone can copy an MP3 file or a DVD quickly and cheaply. This has involved ordering web sites to take down "infringing" material (and many times material which wasn't infringing), media campaigns comparing file copiers to folks who commit murder on the high seas, and suing artists and writers who have used samples of music or movies in their own work. The RIAA have claimed that rampant illegal copying hurts the artists whose work is copied, as it cuts into the artists royalty payments; many artists, on the other hand, complain that the RIAA's accounting practices have denied them their fair royalties for decades anyway, and that increased copying leads to increased fans and money through direct sales and is actually better for them than the RIAA. It's a vicious war.
An early casualty in the copyright wars was Napster, a later casualty was the concept of DRM (Digital Rights Management) on recorded music. The wars have been going on since the early 1990s and show no sign of slowing down.
Slashdot and Boing Boing are two news aggregation websites which cover (among other things) the copyright wars in detail, usually biased against the RIAA, MPAA, and similar organizations.
Transcript
- [Colored drawing of a hilly grassy landscape, Cueball leaning against a tree.]
- Cueball: Sometimes I just can't get outraged over copyright law
Trivia
- This was the 12th comic originally posted to LiveJournal.
- The previous was 10: Pi Equals.
- The next was 11: Barrel - Part 2.
- Original title: "Copyright Law"
- Original Randall quote: "I posted this to a Slashdot thread about copyrights, and without any moderation, over 600 people clicked on it."
- This was one of the thirteen first comics posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on Friday September 30, 2005.
- This comic was posted on xkcd when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
- It was posted along with all 41 comics posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
- The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
- One of the original drawings drawn on checkered paper.
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Discussion
First world problems. Davidy22[talk] 14:09, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, definitely! :D A funny thing is that according to Know Your Meme Google statistics the "first world problems"-thing started in 2011, but in Sweden we've had jokes about "I-landsproblem" all since Hipphipp! (a hilarious Swedish humor show) ran back in 2001/2003. –St.nerol (talk) 17:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
does this mean i'm a criminal? i pirated minecraft and ksp An user who has no account yet (talk) 10:28, 7 September 2023 (UTC)