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This is so frustrating to hear. A lot of comments mention the IA "overreaching" with this. While I agree from a legal perspective, I don't agree morally. The IP
by erikw 6y ago
This is so frustrating to hear. A lot of comments mention the IA "overreaching" with this. While I agree from a legal perspective, I don't agree morally. The IP lobby overreached when they got life of author + 70 years / 120 years corporate copyright monopolies passed into law. Is there any individual who argues that 120 years of monopoly is reasonable?
The worst part for me is the lack of agency I feel. I see something so vehement being enforced globally, and it makes me feel like I'm being ruled by some enemy mafia, not a representative democracy. Similar to the war on drugs in the US, I see this as actively sabotaging society for the benefit of a few.
- smcphile 6y ago> The IP lobby overreached when they got life of author + 70 years / 120 years corporate copyright monopolies passed into law. I agree, but I don’t see why that automatically makes the recent modifications (that brought on the lawsuit) by IA morally right. Even if some works should already be in the public domain and are not yet, the IA modification was also taking money away from relatively recent works.