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> in the same way that a store cannot charge one customer one price, while another customer gets a different price A business can still be selective over who i

> in the same way that a store cannot charge one customer one price, while another customer gets a different price A business can still be selective over who it serves though. If company X is caught doing shady, yet legal shit (say, “donating” millions to a political campaign that goes against my interests) I want the right to not license my works to them.

chii 6y ago
> I want the right to not license my works to them. and i don't want you to have that right. Unless said company is proven to have broken the law, this is how you end up with political divides.
- xboxnolifes 6y ago
  You already have a political divide by not wanting him to have that right.
  - squiggleblaz 6y ago
    That's a political disagreement. Political disagreements are good and proper. A political divide is more like old Dutch pillarisation, where you have some people who read the red newspapers and listen to red music and work for red businesses and go to red schools (and live in red towns), and others who read blue newspapers and list to blue music and work for blue businesses and go to blue schools (and live in blue towns), and very little purple beside. Purple media is a good thing. You don't have to be a moderate to agree with that.
majewsky 6y ago
I'm torn on this, given that I may also want to exercise this right as a creator, but ultimately, I would probably side with those who want to get rid of this right. In a society increasingly divided along party lines, the logical conclusion of this right would be that creators on each side deny businesses on the other side (and, consequently, the people on the other side) to consume their content. Hence there would be no more opportunities for shared cultural experiences. This would expedite the partisan divide even further, which is bad because we rely on some shared culture to keep our institutions functional and legitimised. (Side note: In retrospect, this reads like I'm talking about the US society, but I'm not from the US. You can see the same rifts opening in other Western countries, although probably slower on most of them.)

chii 6y ago

> I want the right to not license my works to them. and i don't want you to have that right. Unless said company is proven to have broken the law, this is how you end up with political divides.

xboxnolifes 6y ago
You already have a political divide by not wanting him to have that right.
- squiggleblaz 6y ago
  That's a political disagreement. Political disagreements are good and proper. A political divide is more like old Dutch pillarisation, where you have some people who read the red newspapers and listen to red music and work for red businesses and go to red schools (and live in red towns), and others who read blue newspapers and list to blue music and work for blue businesses and go to blue schools (and live in blue towns), and very little purple beside. Purple media is a good thing. You don't have to be a moderate to agree with that.

majewsky 6y ago

I'm torn on this, given that I may also want to exercise this right as a creator, but ultimately, I would probably side with those who want to get rid of this right. In a society increasingly divided along party lines, the logical conclusion of this right would be that creators on each side deny businesses on the other side (and, consequently, the people on the other side) to consume their content. Hence there would be no more opportunities for shared cultural experiences. This would expedite the partisan divide even further, which is bad because we rely on some shared culture to keep our institutions functional and legitimised. (Side note: In retrospect, this reads like I'm talking about the US society, but I'm not from the US. You can see the same rifts opening in other Western countries, although probably slower on most of them.)