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Putin controls Russian media for the same reasons billionaires control American media. Neither are democratic. Whoever controls the media controls the electorat
by Gupie 6y ago
Putin controls Russian media for the same reasons billionaires control American media. Neither are democratic. Whoever controls the media controls the electorate.
- vmception 6y agoThat's pretty cool. I want that power. New stretch goal!
- breck 6y agoAgreed. We need to pass an amendment and #AbolishImaginaryProperty (#EndCopyright and #EndPatents). #LiberateIdeas so the people can exchange information p2p, we stop subsidizing lies, and we can have decentralized intelligence.
- BalinKing 6y agoI could be convinced that intellectual property shouldn't be protected by the government, but how does that help with the current consolidation of media?
- breck 6y ago*imaginaryproperty (the other term is an oxymoron) Abolish IP laws and I could build a worthy competitor to CNN or NYTimes in a year
- BalinKing 6y agoNot trying to be obtuse, just trying to understand your point: What advantages do CNN/NYTimes have due to IP laws specifically?
- breck 6y agoI cannot realistically create a public domain competitor. Imagine I were to do that, and it were slowly to make it good. They can come in and clone all my material, while I could not do the same to them. In a public domain world, I would not have the resource concentration to fight them in court, and they would drive me into the ground. Could I still beat them? Perhaps. But best case it would take 50 years, not 5, and everyone will suffer in the interim as a result. If we got rid of #ImaginaryProperty laws, we would compete on a level playing field, and innovate like crazy. Everyone would benefit (except for the current .1% who sits back and profits from #ImaginaryProperty royalties)
- BalinKing 6y agoOh, I see now. (Thanks for clarifying!)