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I think a good compromise is agreeing with contracts between entities and not believing in copyright. If I purchase a digital good and agree not to redistribut
by jokethrowaway 6y ago
I think a good compromise is agreeing with contracts between entities and not believing in copyright.
If I purchase a digital good and agree not to redistribute it, I should be liable for breach of contract. If someone already distributed something and I download it I have no agreement with the manufacturer and I'm free to do whatever you want.
You can see it like this: if you sell so many copies of your product that you can't keep track of who's breaching your redistribution contract, that's a market "tax" for selling passively so well.
I don't see why, as a society, we should automate this legal process for big corporations selling products and leave it for small businesses that have a client who is not paying.
This is happening uniquely because they can use a part of their profits for lawmaking.