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Global laws like copyright are some crazy level of entitlement imo. What if a country has a different perspective on how to motivate creativity and wants to use
by openfuture 6y ago
Global laws like copyright are some crazy level of entitlement imo. What if a country has a different perspective on how to motivate creativity and wants to use different rules? Trade embargo? War?
Iraq was justified by "democracy" being a "global law", USA volunteered to enforce it and got some others involved as well.. We also have "human rights" and then there is "copyright"?
Maybe I am misunderstanding something... I would really appreciate a run down on how they justify / implement these kinds of things...
- jjeaff 6y agoCountries have a right to deal with patents how they see fit. But if they want to trade with other countries they are going to see pressure to comply. No one is going to sell an intellectually protected product if the country is not going to make any effort to protect that property.
- fakedang 6y agoAnd then there is China...
- southeastern 6y agoWhat's that phrase? 'Capitalism will sell the rope used to hang itself'..? It's kinda like that IMO. If the country has a big enough economy they can indeed break the rules and even the most principled people will shrug and say there's nothing we can do. In practice these principles are a lot more pliable than people make it seem
- nradov 6y agoThe Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 signed by Pres. Clinton made it official US policy to support democratic movements in Iraq. However there was never any claim of democracy being a global law.