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I reject the notion that copyright is necessary, what's necessary is my personal ability to use my devices without random companies being able to use the state

I reject the notion that copyright is necessary, what's necessary is my personal ability to use my devices without random companies being able to use the state to punish me for using an abstract concept that may or may not resemble one that they at some point also used. If you would like to make money from your art there are options such as commisions, but the onus is on you to find a business model that works, it is not for the government to be creating artificial monopolies to facilitate a business model that is incompatible with reality.

dijksterhuis 7y ago
Copyright is enshrined in law. You don’t get the choice of picking and choosing to abide by it or not. The artificial monopolies (they’re not artificial btw) are guaranteed by those laws. Should an artist want to not register copyright for their works, they are 100% free to do so. They won’t make any money, but that’s their choice. You may not agree with the system, but it’s the law. In this single case, this is actually the system working as it should. https://twitter.com/roomieofficial/status/1130180911352487936?s=20 https://twitter.com/roomieofficial/status/113018091135248793...