O brave new world or continuation of an article on the relationship between the right to copy and economic formation
As I wrote earlier ( Pirates as pioneers - the relationship between copying rights and the economic formation), in the new economic formation, free copying mechanisms will not destroy the economy, but, on the contrary, will form its basis. The time has come to consider how the economy can exist in the absence of a ban on copying. In order not to waste time on things, consider the world in which the opposite rule applies: all the product that is technically possible for free copying (programs, books, films, music, etc.) can not only be copied, but also without fail, a company or an individual author the creator of the product is obligated to make it technically accessible for copying, not only the output product, but also all the technologically files for its production: source code, 3D models, etc. With all versions of these files created during its production. Roughly speaking, for software, for example,
So, let's begin.
We will begin our consideration of the production process closest to most visitors to this site - software development.
The first question that we ask ourselves is whether software development will stop or not. And the answer to it is already known: we already have software development under various open licenses and although only a part of them provides the code absolutely without restrictions (for example, BSD) and the other part does not date 100% freedom of any use, but imposes some restrictions (not meaningful if you do not develop closed software), nevertheless it is all free software, the payment of copies of which is not supposed and nevertheless it is made. Those. the first question is the answer: yes, it will be produced, this is obvious, simply by the fact that this is already happening.
What could be the economic motivation to produce software if it cannot be sold? Is it possible to make money on this and what will be the financial motivation for the programmer to write code and come up with algorithms? Yes, that’s possible. Just companies will have to change the business model, take money not for copies, but for something else.
The first thing that begs itself as a paid service is the right to commit to the repository. As I wrote above, all software companies will have to open repositories for reading, but no one will oblige them to take your code to themselves!
I’ll immediately explain why you need to commit to someone else’s repository, and not just not getting money for it, but paying. It would seem that I made myself a local copy, and change it as you want. But after all, the development of the software product goes further and in fact you will face the choice: stay forever with the frozen version of the product, while competitors will use the new version with new features and bug fixes (Oh, that’s not suitable for us), develop your personal version product (expensive), constantly merge the local version (also a lot of trouble + sooner or later they will have a commit that can’t be managed with the local version - the changes will be too big) or simply push your code which implements the functionality you need (probably the best option) and accordingly you will pay those for the right to influence the development of the product so that it possesses the properties you need. From this point of view, it looks logical: GMO grass propagates for free (unless propagation was specifically blocked), but if you want to choose the color and size of leaves you need, then this is not free. If you want to influence the development of the world or one of its parts - please invest in labor or money.
Well, it’s clear that in addition to promoting your code in the product, you can simply hire programmers already working on the products so that they add the properties you need to the product.
Of course, no one canceled a number of other earnings on the software product: training, consultations, integration, etc.
In any case, it turns out that money on the software product can be earned even under such harsh conditions as I indicated at the beginning of the article.
That is, nothing bad will happen, the software will gradually be developed and progress in its functionality. At the same time, the environment will remain highly competitive and demanding on the quality of the product. Even more of a competitor than with the current model: now from the moment when Akella missed, it can take a long time for competitors to take over the business. An example is also MS: no matter what mistakes he makes, he will exist for several decades simply by inertia. But if all of its software was open, then the development of their products, Windows, for example, could be intercepted by a competitor at any time. Accordingly, when using the model we are considering, the style of development of the IT field will change slightly: make abrupt movements in the field of software (introduce new languages and files, as MS did by abruptly introducing .NET, for example when before everything on Windows wrote in C ++) it will become harder, the IT world will become more conservative. But for me it’s for the better: the problem of compatibility with old solutions in today's IT that has developed not smoothly and monotonously, but in jerks in one direction or another is very serious
.
As for the other mentioned types of copied data, there are also expected changes for the better.
It will be impossible to shoot super expensive films and the actors will lose millions of fees, but this does not mean that the shooting of the movie will stop. On the contrary, they will shoot more. Actors will continue to play for more reasonable money (fees are lower in the theater, but performances are still going on), and the modern technical level has reached the point that a regular DSLR + PC for editing will provide decent shooting quality. Instead of several super expensive films for teenagers with extremely standard plots (big money is at stake, you can’t take risks with a non-standard plot!) There will be a huge variety of films. Who will be the customer, if it is simply impossible to sell copies? Well, here are a bunch of options. Firstly, crowdfunding and donation. Secondly, traditional customers (who are active now) are those who need to promote their ideology in society: the state and various organizations. And now, if you look closely, ideology has been introduced into most films. That is, the films will continue to be shot, there is no need to worry. The same applies to books - for most of the history of the book, they have been a means to promote their ideology and / or to promote. As for music, right now many of my favorite musicians are not trying to make money on copying, but calmly put the albums onto the tracker themselves. They do not live richly, they live like ordinary citizens, but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. The same applies to books - for most of the history of the book, they have been a means to promote their ideology and / or to promote. As for music, right now many of my favorite musicians are not trying to make money on copying, but calmly put the albums onto the tracker themselves. They do not live richly, they live like ordinary citizens, but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. The same applies to books - for most of the history of the book, they have been a means to promote their ideology and / or to promote. As for music, right now many of my favorite musicians are not trying to make money on copying, but calmly put the albums onto the tracker themselves. They do not live richly, they live like ordinary citizens, but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article.
In conclusion, I want to remind you that what we have now resembles the situation as if we had banned cars, railways and aviation so as not to interfere with the business of horse breeders.
Moreover, this will not hinder the business as a whole, the goals of the elite (successful, influential and wealthy people) to modify the world according to their vision, and whether they will do it in a world with allowed / forbidden copying - this will only affect their tactics, but not their strategy .
Non-technologies that provided free replication of products are wrong and should be prohibited, but rather, laws should be adapted to existing technologies in order to ensure the highest quality of life for man and humanity.
So, let's begin.
We will begin our consideration of the production process closest to most visitors to this site - software development.
The first question that we ask ourselves is whether software development will stop or not. And the answer to it is already known: we already have software development under various open licenses and although only a part of them provides the code absolutely without restrictions (for example, BSD) and the other part does not date 100% freedom of any use, but imposes some restrictions (not meaningful if you do not develop closed software), nevertheless it is all free software, the payment of copies of which is not supposed and nevertheless it is made. Those. the first question is the answer: yes, it will be produced, this is obvious, simply by the fact that this is already happening.
What could be the economic motivation to produce software if it cannot be sold? Is it possible to make money on this and what will be the financial motivation for the programmer to write code and come up with algorithms? Yes, that’s possible. Just companies will have to change the business model, take money not for copies, but for something else.
The first thing that begs itself as a paid service is the right to commit to the repository. As I wrote above, all software companies will have to open repositories for reading, but no one will oblige them to take your code to themselves!
I’ll immediately explain why you need to commit to someone else’s repository, and not just not getting money for it, but paying. It would seem that I made myself a local copy, and change it as you want. But after all, the development of the software product goes further and in fact you will face the choice: stay forever with the frozen version of the product, while competitors will use the new version with new features and bug fixes (Oh, that’s not suitable for us), develop your personal version product (expensive), constantly merge the local version (also a lot of trouble + sooner or later they will have a commit that can’t be managed with the local version - the changes will be too big) or simply push your code which implements the functionality you need (probably the best option) and accordingly you will pay those for the right to influence the development of the product so that it possesses the properties you need. From this point of view, it looks logical: GMO grass propagates for free (unless propagation was specifically blocked), but if you want to choose the color and size of leaves you need, then this is not free. If you want to influence the development of the world or one of its parts - please invest in labor or money.
Well, it’s clear that in addition to promoting your code in the product, you can simply hire programmers already working on the products so that they add the properties you need to the product.
Of course, no one canceled a number of other earnings on the software product: training, consultations, integration, etc.
In any case, it turns out that money on the software product can be earned even under such harsh conditions as I indicated at the beginning of the article.
That is, nothing bad will happen, the software will gradually be developed and progress in its functionality. At the same time, the environment will remain highly competitive and demanding on the quality of the product. Even more of a competitor than with the current model: now from the moment when Akella missed, it can take a long time for competitors to take over the business. An example is also MS: no matter what mistakes he makes, he will exist for several decades simply by inertia. But if all of its software was open, then the development of their products, Windows, for example, could be intercepted by a competitor at any time. Accordingly, when using the model we are considering, the style of development of the IT field will change slightly: make abrupt movements in the field of software (introduce new languages and files, as MS did by abruptly introducing .NET, for example when before everything on Windows wrote in C ++) it will become harder, the IT world will become more conservative. But for me it’s for the better: the problem of compatibility with old solutions in today's IT that has developed not smoothly and monotonously, but in jerks in one direction or another is very serious
.
As for the other mentioned types of copied data, there are also expected changes for the better.
It will be impossible to shoot super expensive films and the actors will lose millions of fees, but this does not mean that the shooting of the movie will stop. On the contrary, they will shoot more. Actors will continue to play for more reasonable money (fees are lower in the theater, but performances are still going on), and the modern technical level has reached the point that a regular DSLR + PC for editing will provide decent shooting quality. Instead of several super expensive films for teenagers with extremely standard plots (big money is at stake, you can’t take risks with a non-standard plot!) There will be a huge variety of films. Who will be the customer, if it is simply impossible to sell copies? Well, here are a bunch of options. Firstly, crowdfunding and donation. Secondly, traditional customers (who are active now) are those who need to promote their ideology in society: the state and various organizations. And now, if you look closely, ideology has been introduced into most films. That is, the films will continue to be shot, there is no need to worry. The same applies to books - for most of the history of the book, they have been a means to promote their ideology and / or to promote. As for music, right now many of my favorite musicians are not trying to make money on copying, but calmly put the albums onto the tracker themselves. They do not live richly, they live like ordinary citizens, but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. The same applies to books - for most of the history of the book, they have been a means to promote their ideology and / or to promote. As for music, right now many of my favorite musicians are not trying to make money on copying, but calmly put the albums onto the tracker themselves. They do not live richly, they live like ordinary citizens, but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. The same applies to books - for most of the history of the book, they have been a means to promote their ideology and / or to promote. As for music, right now many of my favorite musicians are not trying to make money on copying, but calmly put the albums onto the tracker themselves. They do not live richly, they live like ordinary citizens, but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article. but who said that musicians should be millionaires? Most of human history was completely wrong. So here I am also calm that they will compose music even under the conditions indicated at the beginning of the article.
In conclusion, I want to remind you that what we have now resembles the situation as if we had banned cars, railways and aviation so as not to interfere with the business of horse breeders.
Moreover, this will not hinder the business as a whole, the goals of the elite (successful, influential and wealthy people) to modify the world according to their vision, and whether they will do it in a world with allowed / forbidden copying - this will only affect their tactics, but not their strategy .
Non-technologies that provided free replication of products are wrong and should be prohibited, but rather, laws should be adapted to existing technologies in order to ensure the highest quality of life for man and humanity.