dageshi

Yeah the web is done, youtube is probably the only place worth publishing to now.

The industry would certainly adapt.

For example, massive expansion of free to play games with cosmetic microtransactions.

When the game ends... what is it that you've bought? The cosmetics, you never bought the game. If they give you an offline "shooting range" mode where you can wander the maps in the cosmetics you bought, have they satisfied the requirements? Again, you never bought the game you bought the cosmetics.

A step farther, loot drops in loot boxes that take time to unlock, on the order of days, weeks or months. You buy something to accelerate the unlock process down to hours. What have you bought? Just a faster unlock of something you'd have received anyway. So what are you owed when the game goes end of life? You didn't buy the game, you didn't buy the contents of the lootbox.

I don't imagine they will care if you do that, there will be no detrimental effects to them from doing so.

Have you tried nic pouches like zyn's instead?

They are also absolutely addictive as fuck, BUT I will say because they come in different strengths I found it relatively straight forward to quit them via tapering.

I was using 20 x 10mg per day and then bought strength 9mg, 6mg, 3mg, 1mg quit.

It was much much easier than trying to cold turkey which I also tried.

What if, in a terrifying scenario, someone adds "don't use emdashes" to their prompt...

Your cast iron detection mechanism will be gone!

emdashes are probably the least useful method of recognising AI work nowadays.

I'm pretty sure they've actually popularised their usage by everyday people who're now more aware of their existence and usage.

I think it's because the people who want the smaller phone don't just want the smaller phone to the exclusion of everything else.

Some want a flagship model, some want a mid range, some entry level... all in small form factors and they won't compromise in order to settle for the one small model that's available.

I doubt that's true.

Is there a lot of fan art, yes, there's also massive amounts of original works as well. There is no lack of either.

None of that contravenes the purpose of copyright in encouraging the creation and sharing of new works.

You could equally solve the issue by providing provisions for archival. Or a provision that requires a work to be freely available for sale.

The creator having a monopoly on the work seems to me to encourage the creation and sharing of work as intended.

We live in a world where there is an absolute abundance of art, music, novels. You can find it everywhere, huge amounts of it either free or very cheaply.

In what way is the system as it exists currently failing to encourage the creation of new works?

Theft in this case is bad because you're removing the ability of someone to make a living from the thing they created.

On the basis it's digital.

I don't care if it's digital, I care if it took time and effort to create. If it did, it does not matter if it's digital or physical, it's theft.

That is not copyrights stated purpose?

Copyright does not guarantee you an audience. Nothing guarantees you an audience, authors know this, everyone who creates anything ought to know this?

Copyright just says that if you DO manage to create a work that truly connects with an audience, you're in a position to make money off it because it cannot be stolen from you.

What is so wrong with that?

What does it matter?

I don't think anyone has the right to take work I create, for free.

In the same way I have no right to walk into your house and use it for free.

In the same way you cannot expect me to turn up and work at your business for free.

I don't care what half delusional rubbish you come up with to justify your theft.

It's theft, you want to steal something you put zero effort into creating and use it as you see fit. No fuck you. If I want to give it away for free, that's my prerogative not your expectation, if I can monetise via merch or other means, that's my prerogative not your right.

Author: I spent six months writing this story, I hope I can make some money selling it, it would be my dream to be able to keep doing this full time.

You: I will steal this, consume it, reprint it as I see fit and you will earn nothing.

Yeah... I don't think your opinions are worth much.