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Calling people children for taking offense (Gaming)

by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, December 11, 2020, 09:07 (1232 days ago) @ EffortlessFury

I'm firmly of the belief that if I create something, what I do with it is my prerogative. It might be stolen from me, it might grow and gain new life based on the actions of others (against my will, even)... but if I want to destroy it, I can. It's mine to destroy.


Not if it becomes a significant part of culture. At that point preservation is the imperative. This is ostensibly why things are supposed to enter the public domain after a time.


I always thought the public domain existed to ensure that creatives could utilize older works in newer works, seeing as everything creative is, at its heart, a remix of things that came before.

This is the modern interpretation of it, but not when it was originally drafted. You are right, and that's why I said ostensibly. But the original intent still holds value.


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