Yes.
(The "takers" also do not have copyright protection.)
(The "takers" also do not have copyright protection.)
- owners of large platforms who don't care what "content"[0] is successful or if creators get rewarded, as long as there is content to show between ads
- large corporations who can afford to protect their content with DRM
Is that correct?
Do you expect it to play out differently? Game it out in your head.
[0]: https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/#:~:text...
Consider that even DRM'd content is on torrent sites within hours of release.
Even if you take away copyright, there are plenty of incentives to create. Copyright is not the sole reason people create.
Permissive licenses are great in software, where SAAS is an alternative route to getting paid. How does that work if you're a musician, artist, writer, or filmmaker who makes a living selling the rights to your creative output? It doesn't.
That’s one of them, but I really don’t have to be specific about the reasons. I just have to point out the existence of permissively licensed works. You said:
> Great, you've just removed any incentive for people to make anything.
This is very obviously untrue. Perhaps you meant to say “…you’ve just removed some incentives for people to make some things”?