There should be a copyright system that grants copyright only to those individuals who create the thing, not the corporations that published the thing.
I’m sure there’s someone who will point out why that is a bad idea, but collective ownership seems like it would be a better way to apply takedown notices more appropriately. A takedown order needs to be voted on by the owners of the thing being potentially infringed upon and if the majority does not think that something violates copyright, then the takedown notice will not be sent.
IANAL but I think some of the problem is people are under the employ of said company when they create said thing and they have contracts that are setup that by default make that the company’s IP over the individual.
There should be a copyright system that grants copyright only to those individuals who create the thing, not the corporations that published the thing.
I’m sure there’s someone who will point out why that is a bad idea, but collective ownership seems like it would be a better way to apply takedown notices more appropriately. A takedown order needs to be voted on by the owners of the thing being potentially infringed upon and if the majority does not think that something violates copyright, then the takedown notice will not be sent.
And then only to the human creator who intends to bring the item to market. No more patent trolls.
IANAL but I think some of the problem is people are under the employ of said company when they create said thing and they have contracts that are setup that by default make that the company’s IP over the individual.