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I find the argument “Nothing was stolen” very weak compared to “The infinite endeavour of preventing private people from copying bytes, shouldn’t be a prerogati
by eastbound 1y ago
I find the argument “Nothing was stolen” very weak compared to “The infinite endeavour of preventing private people from copying bytes, shouldn’t be a prerogative of the state” / ideas are copiable and can’t be decently guaranteed by the public against copy.
That is, public funds, tribunals and lawmaking power, shouldn’t be used to protect a private interests.
Corollary: 1. DRM is ok. 2. If one cracks it, it’s ok too, 3. You gotta find other ways to conduct business than retaining information (licenses, movies, etc.) 4. For software companies, cloud is one of those ways, compared to licensing downloads, 5. Netflix is the cloud of the movies and you pay for earlier access to a shared experience that is synchronized with other friends who will watch the same thing, 5. Patents are another stupid attempt by the state to protect corporations against citizens.