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> Absolutely: if copyright is slowing down innovation, we should abolish copyright. Is this sarcasm?

• immibis 2y ago
  No. If something slows down innovation and suffocates the economy, why would you (an economically minded politician) keep it?
  • noitpmeder 2y ago
    Because the world shouldn't be run primarily by economically minded politicians?? I'm sure China gets competitive advantages from their use of indentured and slave-like labor forces, and mass reeducation programs in camps. Should the US allow these things to happen? What about if a private business starts? But remember, they're just trying to compete with China on a fair playing field, so everything is permitted right?
    • redwall_hp 2y ago
      You might want to look at the constitutional amendment enshrining slave labor "as a punishment for a crime," and the world's largest prison population. Much of your food supply has links to prison labor. https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-inve... But don't worry, it's not considered "slave labor" because there's a nominal wage of a few pennies involved and it's not technically "forced." You just might be tortured with solitary confinement if you don't do it. We need to point fewer fingers and clean up the problems here.