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> Hold up, how this type of fraud require any government involvement at all? Hold up (seriously hold up and stop serially editing your comments), where did I
by akira2501 2y ago
> Hold up, how this type of fraud require any government involvement at all?
Hold up (seriously hold up and stop serially editing your comments), where did I say it did?
> It's a similar concept
The government has decided, without much input from actual citizens, that copyright should exist for life plus 70 years. Government interference in copyright has created the fraudulent market conditions you've just related.
We can do this all day if you like.
- immibis 2y agoI can still give you a fake repair manual subscription with or without copyright.
- Terr_ 2y agoTo move this false-advertising example even further from copyright, imagine a subscription-based Ice Cream of The Month club, where 24 months of continuous membership entitles you to The Super Expensive Awesome Flavor that never actually existed.
- akira2501 2y agoTechnically.. sure.. you can also sell buggy whips. If there's no market for what you are selling then why would anyone buy it?