DEEP CUTS Episode 49: Should Copyright be Abolished?

Scott Sigler Slices: SLAY

Empty Set Entertainment

Books, Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Recently, several tech billionaires have suggested that copyright should be abolished, at least for individual creators like Scott. What help, if any, is that to the creator? How might it benefit you personally? Is this just another power play by billionaire tech bros? We discuss all these questions and more on this DEEP CUTS. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Getting my ideas out into the world by using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG to get myself a brand-spanking-new 3-year domain, where the first year is ninety-nine percent off, sounds like a great idea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Delete all IP law.
0:02.0	That's what Twitter founder Jack Dorsey said.
0:04.2	He added that copyright law limits creativity.
0:07.5	And no, I am not making this up.
0:09.8	And it concentrates payments among the gatekeepers who don't compensate creators fairly.
0:16.1	Well, to paraphrase Walter White, I am the one who gate keeps, parentheses, my stuff. My own stuff,
0:23.0	that is, and so do millions of creators out there. Does the stuff that creators like A&I make,
0:29.3	does it deserve copyright protection, or should it be gobbled up by the tech bros to train
0:34.6	their little AIs? We'll talk about the upcoming assault on copyright law and
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1:21.6	Welcome to Deep Cuts of the bonus episode of the Scott Sigler Slices Fiction Podcast, where a sci-fi author and an audiobook narrator discuss things and stuff in the world of fiction and pop culture. I am Scott Sigler.
1:32.6	Sci-fi horror author known far and wide as The Future Dark Overlord.
1:35.8	And I am A. B. Sigler, publisher, and M.T. Set Entertainment and audiobook narrator.
1:41.0	On this episode of Deep Cuts, we're talking about the recent TechPro
1:44.7	suggestion that copyright should be abolished. As a reminder, this is a bonus episode in the
1:50.9	Scott Sigler Slices feed. It's not part of any particular story. You don't have to listen to keep up
1:54.7	on our current tale, but we think you'll like this peek behind the storyteller curtain. Let's get into it.
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