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Copyright has always been a pretty dumb concept brought upon by the issue that "thinkers" wanted a bigger piece of the pie. Don't get me wrong, I can totally u
by 411111111111111 3y ago
Copyright has always been a pretty dumb concept brought upon by the issue that "thinkers" wanted a bigger piece of the pie.
Don't get me wrong, I can totally understand their reason: how can an author make a living if a printing shop could just start producing copies of their book (that's the context the law was passed in)... But it's arguably a way too blunt instrument which gives the copyright holder a disproportionate amount of power vs someone producing physical goods.
I don't claim to have an answer to this problem and it's likely another instance of having a flawed system that works well enough that the upsides outweigh the downsides... Like so many other things in our society such as capitalism and representative democracy
- CaptainFever 3y agoTake a look at https://kottke.org/17/12/unlocking-the-commons-or-the-psychoeconomics-of-patronage https://kottke.org/17/12/unlocking-the-commons-or-the-psycho... and mutualism, patronage, crowdfunding, bounties and commissions, which seem to be good alternative models for post-scarce goods such as digital data.