Comment by philipallstar

Comment by philipallstar a day ago

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> A Games of Thrones was first released in 1996 but had middling success. It was only after 2011 that the series exploded in popularity

Yes - the catalyst was the amazing (early on) TV series, and not the book.

> IP law was originally to protect artist and authors from the wealthy, but now it seems to have the opposite intent.

In the case of GoT, if the TV series had never happened then the popularity wouldn't have happened. The author's books got popularity based on other people's efforts.

nkrisc a day ago

> The author's books got popularity based on other people's efforts.

The author’s book got popular based on the efforts of others based on the author’s book.

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  • cedilla a day ago

    That's true of course, but the book series wouldn't have become a cultural phenomenon that makes billions.

    Unlike, for probably the only example, Harry Potter, which was already a cultural phenomenon when the first film was announced.

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  • philipallstar a day ago

    Yes, there was some stuff done that sold some books, and some more stuff done (under licence from the author) that sold waaaaaay more books (that goes to the author) and generates cash.

    What's the problem, I suppose? The author definitely did better out of the TV production than vice versa.

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LtWorf a day ago

Nah it was popular among people who read books long before the tv show.

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  • philipallstar a day ago

    I read it too before the series came out, but it wasn't the same level of popularity.

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poulpy123 a day ago

> The author's books got popularity based on other people's efforts.

LMAO the serie would not even exists if not of his books

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