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The thing is, the general public will never see sharing of media as a criminal act. The only difference to a normal person between lending a book and letting so
by anon4 11y ago
The thing is, the general public will never see sharing of media as a criminal act. The only difference to a normal person between lending a book and letting someone copy a movie is that you both can watch it at the same time.
To most copyright is just some made-up bullshit for the purpose of squeezing money from honest people.
- zanny 11y agoSo everyone who defends copyright always uses the example of the small artist stopping a giant company from just using their work and calling it their own, because thats the only real substantial of damage in an IP liberated world that does not happen now (copyright is not effective in granting the rights holder a guaranteed distribution monopoly anymore). Are IP holders getting revenue from large businesses paying them to use their IP, or are said businesses just having their legal teams verify that their clone is just right on the cusp of infringing so they can still reuse others work without credit but instead through exploit loopholes in the system they built? Because we know very well that the largest utilization of copyright law today is to suppress the development of competitive products to existing media brands and content providers, especially online where the DMCA is an absolute policy of presumed guilt. I want to know where these perceived benefits even are, because they keep the discourse about how to fix copyright unproductive when half the people are defending it for... some reason?
- forrestthewoods 11y agoMost people are pretty dumb so what most people think isn't relevant. Example: Donald Trump's popularity.
- Spivak 11y agoThis point is idiotic. If the people who don't think that media sharing is a crime actually organized it would cease to be a crime. Law is written by a privileged few but is enacted by the everyday people who choose whether to obey and enforce it based on their conscience and incentives.
- forrestthewoods 11y agoCopyright is a great idea. The majority can think whatever they want and be wrong. Laws aren't enforced by everyday people. They're enforced by, wait for it, law enforcement agencies. We, the United States, live in a republic. If the majority of people think something it doesn't actually matter. The great thing about a republic is everyday Joe doesn't write the law. Nor should he. Because Joe isn't very smart.
- ionised 11y agoI don't think you understand how human nature works, or how it affects dumb laws over the course of time.
- forrestthewoods 11y agoSo copyright is a bad idea because... human nature? I hope you aren't also a fan of GPL. The root of this isn't that copyright is a good idea that's been spoiled by human nature. The root implies that copyright itself is fundamentally baD. An opinion that I respectfully disagree as strongly as can be.