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>Industries might form their own protective alliances, but would this be enough? Sounds something akin to the VOC - private industry enforcing their [perceived
by warrenm 3y ago
>Industries might form their own protective alliances, but would this be enough?
Sounds something akin to the VOC - private industry enforcing their [perceived, supposed, or actual] rights via force (if they wanted) with practically no one to stop them
For digital assets, such "protective alliances" would be practically impossible to enforce (the cost of reproducing a digital work is effectively zero - so practically infinite copies can be produced before, during, and after any "protective alliance" could respond)
For physical assets, said "protective alliance" would have to have 'enforcement agents' in every possible location the work could be reproduced - a dauntingly-cost-prohibitive venture
...and that is why the rule of law (ie government-enforced, strictly-outlined property rights) comes into play: no single person or company or industry or cartel has the power to enforce their own rights beyond a very limited range