...Huh. What if the primary requirement to keep copyright was to use them? I.E. In order to keep your copyright for a series, you had to keep making games for that series, or it became public domain? Not sure this is a good idea, but it's an interesting one. :/
@Angle
Just get rid of Intellectual property and artificial scarcity
@jonkroe Eh, I do think there are some places for it? But yeah, overall the current system is pretty shitty. :/
@hypolite rewarding people for putting their time and energy into it, and giving creators some measure of control over their work. :/
@hypolite Eh, theres a difference between worrying about them publishing knock offs of your creation and them publishing the exact same thing. Or copying it wholesale, in the case of a book. :/
Of course this would fit more nicely with UBI, but so far intellectual rights have been doing more harm than good (patent trolls, patent wars, business secrecy). The entire computing industry currently relies on free software already, I feel like this isn't that much of a stretch.