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this isn't your intellectual property to preserve.

by riffic 5y ago

vidarh 5y ago
IP rights are granted by society to encourage creation to enrich the commons in the first place. If you seek to prevent published work from eventually entering the commons you're not holding up your end of the bargain.
andybak 5y ago
I agree and I would propose that the concept of intellectual "property" is the thing that needs to be modified here.
spacechild1 5y ago
Franz Kafka asked his friend Max Brod in a written testament to destroy his entire work after his death. Max Brod didn't obey. Do you think he was wrong?
- copperx 5y ago
  Yes.
- kibwen 5y ago
  Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to destroy his unpublished works after his death. Gaiman obliged. Do you think he was wrong? I'm no fan of IP, and we all know it's a boondoggle to take something that's public and try to erase every last instance of it (as _why seemed to want to do), but the prerogative that people do have is whether or not to publish something in the first place. Privacy is a human right, and that includes the freedom not to have your private thoughts published against your will.
  - webmaven 5y ago
    > Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to destroy his unpublished works after his death. Gaiman obliged. Do you think he was wrong? The Kafka and Pratchet requests aren't equivalent. In general I'd say that the choices by the executors in both cases were justifiable.
  - blowski 5y ago
    The right thing to do is think about what’s best both for your friend, and for society in general. This can lead to different decisions in different situations, yet both being “right”.
- mseepgood 5y ago
  Huh? Of course he was wrong!
  - spacechild1 5y ago
    Why are you so sure? What was more important: respecting Kafka's personal wish or making sure that future generations can read “the trial“? I'm not claiming I have a definite answer, btw.
  - kelnos 5y ago
    I think he was both. He did wrong by Kafka because he violated Kafka's trust, but he did right by the public by refusing to destroy that which should and would eventually belong to the commons.
  - wpietri 5y ago
    Oh? Why? Kafka wasn't harmed. He was dead.

this isn't your intellectual property to preserve.

by riffic 5y ago

this isn't your intellectual property to preserve.

IP rights are granted by society to encourage creation to enrich the commons in the first place. If you seek to prevent published work from eventually entering the commons you're not holding up your end of the bargain.

andybak 5y ago

I agree and I would propose that the concept of intellectual "property" is the thing that needs to be modified here.

spacechild1 5y ago

Franz Kafka asked his friend Max Brod in a written testament to destroy his entire work after his death. Max Brod didn't obey. Do you think he was wrong?

copperx 5y ago
Yes.
kibwen 5y ago
Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to destroy his unpublished works after his death. Gaiman obliged. Do you think he was wrong? I'm no fan of IP, and we all know it's a boondoggle to take something that's public and try to erase every last instance of it (as _why seemed to want to do), but the prerogative that people do have is whether or not to publish something in the first place. Privacy is a human right, and that includes the freedom not to have your private thoughts published against your will.
- webmaven 5y ago
  > Terry Pratchett asked Neil Gaiman to destroy his unpublished works after his death. Gaiman obliged. Do you think he was wrong? The Kafka and Pratchet requests aren't equivalent. In general I'd say that the choices by the executors in both cases were justifiable.
- blowski 5y ago
  The right thing to do is think about what’s best both for your friend, and for society in general. This can lead to different decisions in different situations, yet both being “right”.
mseepgood 5y ago
Huh? Of course he was wrong!
- spacechild1 5y ago
  Why are you so sure? What was more important: respecting Kafka's personal wish or making sure that future generations can read “the trial“? I'm not claiming I have a definite answer, btw.
- kelnos 5y ago
  I think he was both. He did wrong by Kafka because he violated Kafka's trust, but he did right by the public by refusing to destroy that which should and would eventually belong to the commons.
- wpietri 5y ago
  Oh? Why? Kafka wasn't harmed. He was dead.