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We’ve had IP laws in some form since at least the 16th century, probably earlier.
by mr_toad 6y ago
We’ve had IP laws in some form since at least the 16th century, probably earlier.
- Silhouette 6y agoAnd which of those laws was written to allow hardware manufacturers to artificially limit what you could do with a product you had bought just because it happens to also have a software component? The corruption of copyright to serve entirely different purposes from its original intent, with the goal of artificially giving a manufacturer ongoing control of hardware products after purchase, is a buyer-hostile abuse of the legal framework that should have been comprehensively blocked long ago, whether it's related to your personal computer, your vehicle, your TV...
- joshspankit 6y agoEchoing @Silhouette’s comment: having IP laws has not meant (to my knowledge) that companies could dictate what a customer did with tangible goods that they purchased legally. Not until the past couple decades.