We're having to rediscover in real time the extremely hard way, why enabling mass theft is so incredibly damaging to society. This is literally why we need a functional copyright system

If theft becomes more profitable than genuine creation, then nobody will create anything. Then there's nothing to steal, at which point all progress collapses

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CamperBob2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This is literally why we need a functional copyright system

To block progress. Got it.

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20k an hour ago | parent [-]

This is the literal opposite of progress: stealing from people genuinely creating, and stealing the money they should earn

	▲	CamperBob2 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Funny, the stuff that was stolen is still there. A strange kind of theft. Copyright maximalism is a bad look on a site called "Hacker News." Perhaps other sites beckon.