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>suppression of culture they don't control What example are you thinking of?

• Karunamon 13y ago
  A great deal of art is iterative, and the copyright maximalists in the industry groups seem to have no concept of "fair use". Always more restrictions, always more things protected, always less and less allowed. Think of it as the cultural equivalent of the patent minefield one steps into whenever they do something novel with some existing technology.
  • happyscrappy 13y ago
    There is plenty of culture that they don't control that is thriving, no need to exaggerate their power.
    • Karunamon 13y ago
      There is plenty of technology that isn't covered via patent, either. That doesn't mean isn't still easy to step on someone else's copyright (or in some cases trademark) and your recourse is precisely jack and squat. I'd think it's ideal to identify and stomp out overreach while it's still a smaller thing and before it's a much greater thing...