A Law To Promote Creative Output Looks Nothing Like Copyright

Sunday, January 4, 2015 - 21:20 in Psychology & Sociology

If we want to maximize creativity, tying cash to creative output is a bad idea. tanakawho/FlickrBy Dan Hunter, Swinburne University of TechnologyImagine you were asked to write a law that encouraged creativity. What would it look like? Whatever your answer, it’s pretty clear that it wouldn’t look like copyright.Which is weird, right? Because copyright is supposed to be the law that spurs creativity. The problem, it turns out, is that the central features of copyright are directly opposed to the things that support creativity. read more

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