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> We encourage people to upload and share content they don't own under the guise of "information wants to be free". I would say it's the opposite problem: We
by CaptSpify 9y ago
> We encourage people to upload and share content they don't own under the guise of "information wants to be free".
I would say it's the opposite problem:
We pretend that publicly accessible information can be owned.
- falcolas 9y agoWe've been "pretending" that since well before any of us were alive. This is not something new or novel. Hell, we've been "pretending" it long enough that the concept of ownership of ideas is included in the US constitution. Know what else we "pretend"? That someone bigger than you can't just come along and take your lunch. We as a society agree to "pretend" that the lunch is yours, and that someone who does take it from you should be punished. I think we're well past the point where we're "pretending".
- CaptSpify 9y agoI don't understand your argument. Just because we've been doing things ass-backwards for a long time, means we should just keep doing it, and trying to patch reality to adjust? > That someone bigger than you can't just come along and take your lunch. No we don't, and I don't think we ever have. In fact, we openly admit that someone can come and take your lunch. What we do is say that, while someone can come and take your lunch, that person also has an incentive to avoid punishment.
- falcolas 9y ago> Just because we've been doing things ass-backwards for a long time, means we should just keep doing it, and trying to patch reality to adjust? Or perhaps not everybody agrees with you on the point that all information wants to be free. I, for example, don't agree. I'm quite happy that you can't legally take a photo I create and use it for your own gain. As to the other point, replace 'can't' with 'shouldn't'. Sorry.