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You're upset that the EFF isn't able to work miracles? Abolishing intellectual property (which, frankly, sounds like a terrible idea) would be a global effort

• jariel 6y ago
  "Abolishing intellectual property" The other part is that nobody but a small group of fringe people want that, and the populist appeal of 'free movies' would wane pretty quickly as movies and entertainment literally stopped being made. Among myriad other products and services.
• ISO-morphism 6y ago
  > Intellectual Property We've come to call ideas and iterative mutations of such thoughtstuff "property" as if thoughts can be owned. What we call "intellectual property" is more accurately (at least in my current strong conclusion) called monopoly rights. Monopoly rights over the application and commercial profit of such thoughtstuff as a conscious trade-off/government subsidy to provide economic incentive for innovation outside of whatever would exist naturally. Property rights over scarce resources are a fundamental tenant of a liberal society. Intellectual property is a government subsidy.
  • lawtalkinghuman 6y ago
    Right, and despite all the fury and word salad, it still exists and will continue to do so.
    • jessaustin 6y ago
      ...until it doesn't. Preserving IP takes a lot of effort from a lot of highly-paid people. Currently, most of those are compensated by the public, but that won't always be the case.