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The US position on copyright makes a self-serving sort of sense to me: Hollywood etc are big exporters, the US wants to protect it's assets, jobs, trade balanc
by LatteLazy 3y ago
The US position on copyright makes a self-serving sort of sense to me: Hollywood etc are big exporters, the US wants to protect it's assets, jobs, trade balance etc. But I've never really understood why the EU takes it so seriously. Not from a self-interest point of view of it's members at least.
- fulafel 3y agoRegulatory capture. Policymakers are informed by well paid & organized imaginary property lawyers and lobbyists, who keep whispering that draconian enforcement is needed because EU too is in a post industrial development phase and the future is living off information feudalism.