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That clearly proves me wrong, fixed.

• watwut 5y ago
  Would you be willing to explain why it is so clear to most people according to you?
  • accurrent 5y ago
    I'm not the OP but I'll have a go. 1. IP requires enforcement and commonly agreed upon principles. In a global economy different states will have different rules. We all know that there are rogue states and entities out there who may choose not to enforce IP rules. Furthermore IP enforcement requires money. Even in countries where rule of law is the norm, it is often the case where companies making more money have more power to bend the rules. Hence, using IP as a business model is unsustainable. 2. IP in its nature is not proprietary. Two people can arrive at the same conclusion therefore you can't actually "hide" any information successfully.
    • watwut 5y ago
      That sounds to me like speculation on why it might fail in the long term and not explaination why it clearly already failed. I am not arguing that copyright as exists now is some universal good. It just dont seem failed to me at all. It generates a lot of money. Countries that ostensibly dont respect it seem to be mostly poor - their people dont have money to pay much in the first place.
  • oytis 5y ago
    There are few software companies left that rely on copyright for their business - most move their software to the cloud where it can't be copied easily. It still kind of works in B2B market, because it's harder to hide there, but it's limited to the Western countries, and as money distributes more evenly around the globe challenges will become more profound there as well. Not to say that most people live in countries where copyright laws are either ignored altogether or enforced selectively.