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This is fundamentally incorrect. I'd also wager that more than 50% of the commenters on here benefit from robust IP protection.
by LiquidPolymer 4y ago
This is fundamentally incorrect. I'd also wager that more than 50% of the commenters on here benefit from robust IP protection.
- AlexandrB 4y agoWhile this is true, 100% of the commenters here also give up a "natural" right to copy certain information for robust IP protection. At the extreme end, this can result in absurdities like the attempt to ban dissemination of the DeCSS key for DVDs.
- EntrePrescott 4y ago> give up a "natural" right to copy certain information Practical as it may be, that's not a natural right but merely a physical possibility. More generally, the concept of natural rights - except for a very narrow niche of special subjects closely centered on the individual's own life and bodily autonomy - is a shortcut to total subjectivity at best. And even for that very narrow niche, the "rights" part is a normative civilizational convention/construct, whereas nature conspicuously ignores such "rights" (as do humans for the most part when it comes to other species)
- chrismsimpson 4y agoMany here benefit from the industry and economy associated with IP, only a very small few actually benefit from ownership of IP.
- falcolas 4y agoWithout ownership of IP, industry and economy don’t exist. You can’t sell or rent something you don’t own.