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>>zacwes+(OP)
So what is the end goal of this? For copyright to transfer every step? That precedent happens, then what? Licensing schemes get set up and any piece of media that is put into these systems will result in the artist getting some kind of payment in return. Cool, that sound great. Except... who's paying?

The conglomerates who already have a bunch of IP they can feed into those systems, who can afford to purchase or through brute force (ie cheaply employed artists) create new works using their already massive amounts of capital. These are the entities that will have complete and total control over the best versions of the tools that artists say will bring about their doom. You better fucking believe they'll have their own licensing system too.

Copyright is a prison built for artists by big business, successfully marketed to artists as being a home.

>>schees+53
Mostly I agree, but:

> Copyright is a prison built for artists by big business, successfully marketed to artists as being a home.

I think (continuing this analogy) that copyright is indeed a home, but very few artists can afford to buy their own home, so they rent from corporate landlords, and the bigger ones are the worst ones to be tenants of.