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>...Likewise if the free market is used as a way to reduce the availability of content, That's literally the whole premise of things like copyright and patents
by x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
>...Likewise if the free market is used as a way to reduce the availability of content,
That's literally the whole premise of things like copyright and patents. You can't just run out and start distributing NFL streams, copies of movies, or Disney labeled memorabilia without the expressed permission of the people who own that content.
- christophilus 5y ago> copyright and patents Which are arguably a government-imposed regulatory capture whose disfunction causes the market to be less free. So, it sounds like the two of you kind of agree?
- dragonwriter 5y agoCopyrights and patents are exactly as much government-imposed regulatory capture as any other legal property rights are.
- swagasaurus-rex 5y agoBefore there was courts, it was finders keepers. Imagine the destruction that would cause.
- computerfriend 5y agoThat's not very convincing to anyone who doesn't already support your position on copyright.