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by profiting from another person's work.
by romeros 2y ago
by profiting from another person's work.
- cced 2y agoIs that really unfair? Surely we can see that in capitalist societies, profiteering from other peoples work is one of the core tenants.
- left-struck 2y agoThat would still be unfair, just broadly accepted unfairness.
- ben_w 2y agoWhen it's unlawful, it's unfair — even when the law itself is unfair.
- crazygringo 2y agoThe core tenet is that you've paid them for their work in order to profit off of it, in an exchange both parties have entered into freely. Not that you've used their work without paying.
- cced 2y agoSo people transcribing audio/video content should be paying for the opportunity to do so? They are quite literally offering a service based on derivative work. Surely this is already ironed out, no? What are laws regarding transcriptions?
- crazygringo 2y agoNo, they don't get to at all if they're creating something that takes away from sales of the original item. Yes this is ironed out. It's completely illegal, as it should be. No question about it. If you're translating subtitles (without accompanying images) for someone to use together with the original media, then there's a good argument that's legal (even though many courts disagree), since you're not taking away from sales -- you might even be helping with them. But creating a comic-book version of a movie you can read instead of watch? That's just blatant copyright infringement, period.