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I think his position is a little more nuanced than that. >The bottom line, what I did violated the laws governing copyrights. I don't agree with those laws 100

I think his position is a little more nuanced than that. >The bottom line, what I did violated the laws governing copyrights. I don't agree with those laws 100%, but they were designed by people with lots of money in their pockets to keep lots of money in their pockets, so I doubt they're going to change for the better any time soon. This is why I'm a huge advocate for the open source community. I understood that to mean "the open source community specifically addresses the flaws in a system that it cannot itself abolish, so I support them".

abigail95 4y ago
I'm sorry, I have no patience for "rich man bad" takes on copyright. Copyright law protects the smallest against the biggest. If some company comes and steals my product and outspends me on marketing, how do I fight back without copyright law? Say someone stole the book I wrote and passed it off as their own - how does open sourcing it help me? The chief purpose of the DMCA was to clarify legal liability and penalties for digital copyright infringement brought on by the disruption of the internet. How does that keep anyone rich? Who is that taking money from? Who is made poorer because people are able to create and sell their own works in the manner of their choosing?