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We could have ownership of a sort without copyright. Copyright lets you tell other people what they can do with a copy of a work after it's released. I think th
by autarch 15y ago
We could have ownership of a sort without copyright. Copyright lets you tell other people what they can do with a copy of a work after it's released. I think the only right the law should protect is the right to release a work or not.
- andrewflnr 15y agoSo if I get my hands on a copy of a work that's not released, and start handing out copies, what happens to me?
- autarch 15y agoI dunno. Civil suit? Do I have to have all the answers? I just think that the system we have now is both broken and unethical.
- andrewflnr 15y agoNo, I'm just curious. I find the idea of abolishing intellectual property both hard to understand and fascinating, so I want to see how other people see it working.