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Anyone who was waiting for the revolution, now is the time. No more bullsh*t. No more compromise. The sun does not revolve around the earth, and the overwhelmi
by breck 6y ago
Anyone who was waiting for the revolution, now is the time.
No more bullsh*t. No more compromise. The sun does not revolve around the earth, and the overwhelming evidence shows the ideal duration for patents and copyright is zero.
#EndImaginaryProperty #LiberateIdeas #AbolishCopyrights #AbolishPatents #BringBackNapster
- mepian 6y agoHN doesn't implement hashtags.
- breck 6y agoWell then I guess people should post these hashtags to other places.
- matheusmoreira 6y agoYes!! Artificial monopolies make no sense in the 21st century. Data is infinite and the only way to lock it down is to prevent computers from copying it. That will necessarily destroy free computing as we know it. We must let go of these archaic ideas in order to safeguard the future of computing.
- forrestthewoods 6y agoGPL license doesn’t function without copyright law. Do you want to throw that out too?
- breck 6y agoYup. Licenses are for losers.
- HideousKojima 6y agoStallman himself has repeatedly said he only devised the GPL because it's the best option in a world where copyright exists.
- kuroguro 6y agoWTFPL is the only license we need! :)
- xibalba 6y agoSo should you be able to take a free copy of a movie that people spent years and millions of dollars making? I think a little more nuance is warranted here.
- breck 6y agoWell I see you've thought deeply about this. https://giphy.com/gifs/tipsyelves-math-26gR0YFZxWbnUPtMA https://giphy.com/gifs/tipsyelves-math-26gR0YFZxWbnUPtMA
- xibalba 6y agoI don't need to. A 5 year old can understand that you're not entitled to take other people's work without their permission.
- hda2 6y agoYet that same 5 year-old will take thoughts, words, and ideas from their parents and their environment without asking for permission. He will attempt to draw characters he likes without permission. Information is not property, and its sharing and reproduction is not theft. I agree that people who work on building complicated information (movies, software, ..) should be compensated, but not at the expense of our right to share. There are many proven business models that guarantee compensation without restricting sharing, but they don't generate as much money as industry standard "passive-revenue" (rent-seeking) scheme of "licensing" and copyright. It's incredibly sad that many people no longer understand this.
- southerntofu 6y agoFive year olds are usually really good at cooperation (including skillsharing), and it takes many years of school to teach them that "copying is theft" and helping one another to achieve a task is "cheating".
- theamk 6y agoIf a classmate takes 5 year old's work, and claims it is theirs, there would be immediate outrage. If a 5 year old has a "secret" picture and someone takes it and shows to entire class, they would be outraged. Not all sharing is good. There are nuances everywhere.
- higerordermap 6y agoAt least they could reduce it to 5 years or something, and make silly patents penalizable.
- benlumen 6y agoWant an econony built on imitation instead? Like China? No thanks.
- beckman466 6y ago> Want an econony built on imitation instead? Like China? So just like America then? Where did you get this idea that America is squeaky clean and original? Newsflash: it's not.
- wohfab 6y agoWe need blockchain open access! IDEA coin incoming!