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How do you figure that media companies are entitled to wield the power of the state in a way that doesn't create an institution of intellectual property that ma
by qntty 6y ago
How do you figure that media companies are entitled to wield the power of the state in a way that doesn't create an institution of intellectual property that makes the world better for everyone?
- hashkb 6y agoIt's not the power of the state, it's the power of a private entertainment business. You could choose to only watch open/free media like many of us do with software. It's out there. > in a way that doesn't create an institution of intellectual property that makes the world better for everyone? That question is loaded with your opinion (in particular the opinion I was suggesting is baseless) and so isn't really an answer at all... you want the world your way, I'm asking, beyond your opinion that it's "better for everyone" (ignoring artists, I guess), why you seem to think there's an issue of right/wrong here.
- qntty 6y agoIntellectual property exists as it does because it was created that way by the state.
- hashkb 6y agoBut you can't just ignore the reason... and "the state" created ways to protect intellectual property (at least in some significant part if not entirely) because creators wanted it. You can't ignore the fact that most creators are in favor of the general idea of copyright.