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>IP is the only way we could have found to properly compensate creators for the value of their work. To throw out intellectual property is to throw out art itse
by monkeywork 3y ago
>IP is the only way we could have found to properly compensate creators for the value of their work. To throw out intellectual property is to throw out art itself.
Umm you do realize that some of the greatest works of art were created LONG before "IP" was a thing right? The patronage system did pretty well....
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoIf those are all the greatest works, why does anyone bother pirating movies and TV? Oh right, because they're infinitely more entertaining and cost millions to make.
- Capricorn2481 3y agoMore money = better art, apparently
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoNo. That's a non sequitur from what you replied to.
- justinclift 3y agoI thought you were an artist? But you don't seem to value art...?
- monkeywork 3y agoI said "some" not "all" of the greatest works. Since you seem to be a stickler for rules and agreements I'd urge you to re-read the guidelines for posting comments on this site (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) as looking through this thread you are definitely flirting with the edges of them. I'm not sure why piracy is the internet hill you've decided to die on regarding arguments but I'm going to choose to disengage, give zero cares to your views on my morality, and use my own best judgement on when it's moral to pirate or not.
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoThat's fine, but your own judgement will either bring you back to some form of what I've been saying in this comment thread, or your judgement will be wrong. Besides, nobody asked you to reply to me in the first place. You engaging/disengaging was always at your own impulse. Nobody was requesting you say anything at all, so returning to that state concerns only you.