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> fix copyright law so that users can truly assert ownership over the content they generate I agree copyright needs to be fixed, but the issue isn't user-gener
by rocqua 9y ago
> fix copyright law so that users can truly assert ownership over the content they generate
I agree copyright needs to be fixed, but the issue isn't user-generated content. Essentially, all users do is collaborative filtering.
The real work needs to be done to break up content 'owning' middlemen that form monopolies and use those to create walled gardens. Maybe a solution would be to ban the walled garden as 'anti-trust'.
- cookiecaper 9y agoAnti-trust is a kludge that proves something went awry. We shouldn't have to go through a manual process of breaking up the power brokers, especially since government and big corporations frequently get into bed together. We should design systems and processes that are self-healing -- systems that allow sufficient natural competition that the eventuality of a monopoly virtually never occurs. It's like a computer system. Yes, if you write corrupted data back to the database, you can manually go in there and do your best to rectify it, restoring pieces from backups, etc. But the strong emphasis should be on designing the system such that corruption is a near-impossibility. Copyright and network protections are so excessive and far-reaching, it's no wonder we're seeing this re-centralization.
- rocqua 9y agoAnti trust is needed. Power and influence breeds more of itself. You need regulation to keep free markets free. Laisez fair will lead to power concentrating into monopolies. Decent anti-trust regulation, combined with laws preventing anti-competitive behavior is needed. Granted, the anti-competitive part is also important.