| ▲ | NoMoreNicksLeft 3 hours ago | |
>The concept of intellectual property on its own (independently of its legal implementation details) is at most as evil as property ownership, and probably less so as unlike the latter it promotes innovation and creativity. This is a strange inversion. Property ownership is morally just in that the piece of land my home is can only be exclusive, not to mention necessary to a decent life. Meanwhile, intellectual property is a contrivance that was invented to promote creativity, but is subverted in ways that we're only now beginning to discover. Abolish copyright. | ||
| ▲ | johnnyanmac 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
>the piece of land my home is can only be exclusive, not to mention necessary to a decent life That mentality is exactly why you can argue property ownership being more evil. Landlords "own property" and see the reputation of that these past few decades. Allowing private ownership of limited human necessities like land leads to greed that cost people lives. That's why heavy regulation is needed. Meanwhile, it's at worst annoying and stifling when Disney owns a cartoon mouse fotlr 100 years. | ||