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        5 months ago

        Well, if you don’t copyright everything, then it’s not stealing. We need more open culture, not closed off “IP”.

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          The issue there is that we still live in a capitalist hellscape, and artists need to make money to survive. Until we have a situation where artists can make art and not worry about where their rent (yes, fuck landlords) or food, they will need to be able to make a living somehow.

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            5 months ago

            The same way they are now? Copyright is barely a protection for independent artists, and largely serves the interests of big “IP” holders like Disney.

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          You don’t have to do ANYthing in order to have copyright on your images.

          That is standard throughout the Berne convention & has been for decades.

          Registering makes court-cases easier to win, but having copyright on one’s renditions isn’t in any way requiring that one have registered anything with anybody.