12th February 2015, 4:54 AM
Quote: You should be the only one who decides who gets what, and how much, from selling that property.
What about expensive and complex collaborations like film? You have investors that require a return on their risk, actors who demand exorbitant salaries, directors, cameramen, everyone down to the costume designer puts a piece of themselves into a film (to the magnitude that it impacts the art's subtext).
I don't like when people pirate movies because you should pay for the triumphant creation of even the worst of cinematic abortions. Even that small bit of money that Netflix takes from you gets trickled down. I know this post isn't about film but I had to get that rant out. I think IP issues are quite tricky in general. Photoshop requires the talent of software engineers. 600 is very pricey but perhaps that's the lowest they can license it and still make a decent profit.
I agree with everything else you said.