If IP laws are abolished under capitalism, how would indie artists protect their way of earning a living? Furthermore, what would stop a big corporation (or anyone else) from simply grabbing work from an indie artist and using it for profit?
I mean things like making and selling posters and shirts bearing someone else's painting, or straight up republishing books written by others?
I think that indie artists can be supported through patreon-like systems. Their loss of revenue is nothing in comparison to the massive economic growth and poverty reduction that will result from poor countries being able to use advanced technology easily to rapidly modernize their economy.
If IP laws are abolished under capitalism, how would indie artists protect their way of earning a living? Furthermore, what would stop a big corporation (or anyone else) from simply grabbing work from an indie artist and using it for profit?
I mean things like making and selling posters and shirts bearing someone else's painting, or straight up republishing books written by others?
I think that indie artists can be supported through patreon-like systems. Their loss of revenue is nothing in comparison to the massive economic growth and poverty reduction that will result from poor countries being able to use advanced technology easily to rapidly modernize their economy.