The article delves into the intersection of graphic design and copyright law, emphasizing the author's personal struggle with understanding and navigating legal constraints. Growing up with a lawyer, they share anecdotes about copyright issues and address how existing laws are often restrictive and not helpful to individual creators. Despite receiving legal advice, the author prioritizes artistic expression over legality due to the complexities and limitations inherent in copyright law, which was designed not necessarily to protect artists, but to incentivize creative work and subsequently promote public domain access.
"Copyright law is a mess - arbitrary, restrictive, and designed to protect corporations over artists. It wasn't created to ensure artists got paid..."
"The system was supposed to encourage production while guaranteeing that works would eventually enter the public domain for collective use..."
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