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I find the article a little overzealous; while I'm no staunch capitalist, including sentences like "The web in its current, open state is a threat to capitalist
by andrewgodwin 15y ago
I find the article a little overzealous; while I'm no staunch capitalist, including sentences like "The web in its current, open state is a threat to capitalist ideals" doesn't help convince me about your goals.
And yes, while this is partially true, a lot of legitimate businesses and people who aren't motivated enough to "go dark" also drive the internet, and they're not going to be so easily forced underground - any such internet would be a shadow of its former self, and an easy thing for governments to demonise with the usual examples (drug trafficking, child pornography, etc.)
- icebraining 15y agoIt's not even true: plenty of free market capitalists view copyright as a monopolistic distortion caused by the state, not as a real mechanism of the market. Against Intellectual Property [1] is a good example. [1]: http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf http://mises.org/journals/jls/15_2/15_2_1.pdf
- TDL 15y agoI saw that line as a distraction from the larger point the author was trying make. There are many capitalists who view this any act of censorship as foolhardy and destructive. Among laissez faire the whole IP debate is not at all settled. For the record I am a staunch capitalist and I see SOPA, the MPAA/RIAA, and censorship in general as reprehensible.