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Re: Copyrights stifle creativity. Palatine Send a noteboard - 06/01/2012 04:39:24 PM
If classical opera works were copyrighted, local opera houses wouldn't be able to put on performances. A composer wouldn't be able to incorporate pieces of classical music in her work, or come up with new interpretations.


Copyrights, by themselves, do not keep local opera houses from performing. Local opera houses would still be able to put on performances. Maybe just not of the old works. They'd have to perform something new, created by a contemporary composer. It seems to me copyrights actually encourage creativity by forcing creators to invent something new. Plus you say it yourself below. Copyrights give an incentive to create.

As far as music goes, there's very little that's actually original, in any genre. Bits and pieces are stolen and re-stolen over and over again. No one who does this feels stifled and lawsuits almost never occur.

Copyrights exists so that the creator can benefit from her idea, so an incentive to create exists. But a copyright that's 60 years old isn't an incentive to create to anyone.


Okay, so the creator is dead. Now, someone does a re-telling, re-hashing, parody, or re-interpretation of a work. To me none of those are very "creative." To me, creativity is when you make something completely new. So, maybe we also disagree about exactly what creativity is.
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not to mention public libraries *NM* - 05/01/2012 03:21:04 PM 541 Views
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Re: Copyrights stifle creativity. - 06/01/2012 04:39:24 PM 1469 Views
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