Comment Re:And? (Score 1) 469
A big part of the concern is for the vitality of our culture, our permission to create. Creation does not normally happen in a vacuum, indeed, that is the exception. You create in the context of all that went before. Without permission to be inspired by the past, the future is bleak indeed.
All the examples you provide, valid though they are, position you as a passive recipient of culture, a pure consumer. If you try to build on (invent) based on any of those inputs, you better keep the results to yourself, or risk penalties that climb all the time.
I want a culture where we are all free to contribute, as well as to consume. That is what is at risk.
Our culture as a whole is degraded as only the privileged elite (big companies) are permitted to create.
This isn't just about access to information, it is about reuse.
