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> Censorship is bad. Free exchange of information is good. Unless we're talking about IP, then suddenly the opposite is true. Alright, let's torture your false
by jerkstate 8y ago
> Censorship is bad. Free exchange of information is good. Unless we're talking about IP, then suddenly the opposite is true.
Alright, let's torture your false equivalence a little more: you shouldn't have privacy because that's prevention of the free exchange of information.
- Fricken 8y agoHow is it false equivalency? This has nothing to do with the concept of sanctuary. Even Adam Smith regarded IP laws to be an 'Unessecary Evil'. Even in SV, an engineer works for one company, learns the tricks of the trade, and then takes that knowledge to another. This is business as usual, and it's a critical ingredient to Silicon Valley's success, and it's the secret to the success of many city states and industrial hubs all throughout history.
- Riverheart 8y agoNot some defender of IP here but it doesn't seem equivalent. Guy transferring companies takes domain knowledge with them, they don't take the blueprints to project X with them.