By: adam3us
I dont think you get it. The very fact that it is legal to place restrictions on copying information, is due to the government subsidy and granting of monopoly powers. Falkvinge and the pirate party...
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Sorry but this is just buggy whip manufacturers arguing for automobiles to be outlawed. Human society does not owe anyone a government subsidized monopoly, nor the right to halt human progress to...
View ArticleBy: Adam3us
Sorry but this is just buggy whip manufacturers arguing for automobiles to be outlawed. Human society does not owe anyone a government subsidized monopoly, nor the right to halt human progress to...
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View ArticleBy: paulzag
Before the “recording industry” became the dominant business model in music, musicians and composers regularly borrowed or varied songs and ideas they heard. Musicians earned a living by performing on...
View ArticleBy: paulzag
Daan Claes are you trollingy? The key debate here is that copy “right” and other intellectual property laws are selectively argued and defended in the way that suits the copyright lobby. When it suits...
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To show the absurdity of intellectual property law… Every time you see an image of the Sydney Opera House in a major Hollywood movie, a license fee has been paid for the use of the copyrighted design...
View ArticleBy: huffmd
It’s important that businesses adopt and take advantage of the internet rather than cling to tired business models. There are other factors to consider these days such as convenience and customer...
View ArticleBy: frank87
You write about a “fair and free market” without monopolies. What do you think of other kinds of market regulations? A lot of people talk about a “free market”, and the most often don’t mean fair (and...
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[…] with full power over its own works and not under large corporations’ power in an almost non-libre market. Pirates find that current copyright system is unfair for creators and consumers, so they...
View ArticleBy: D
I’m allowed to do all the wiring I want in my home, it just needs to be inspected and signed off by an electrician before it can be covered over or used.
View ArticleBy: Ties
You present three interesting points, and I appreciate what you say. Since all three are very distinct I feel I should respond to each individually. 1 – While I consider this argument valid (as far is...
View ArticleBy: Ties
The fact that there are other (and better) ways to facilitate payment or appreciation does in my mind not make it okay to take the ultimate decision away from the creator. I agree that by willingly...
View ArticleBy: Pedro
I don’t know if you already know this Rick, you probably do, but still… EU Wants to Sneak in a Mini-ACTA by the Backdoor...
View ArticleBy: harveyed
The monopoly of distribution lies in the copyright holders being allowed to lock up the information behind a gate and charge for distribution of it over and over – and to stop others for doing the...
View ArticleBy: jimbo
the problem is that those that make the decisions over monopolies refuse to take any notice of any evidence, mostly, perhaps, because they are financially ‘encouraged’
View ArticleBy: jimbo
there will be no let-up by the copyright maximilists until they have everything they want. the trouble is, once they have it they wont be able to handle it or know what to do with it. plus, the world...
View ArticleBy: Elzbieta
“When somebody buys something, no matter what, they own it.” It does matter what you buy. Not all can be owned. There are places where you can buy a slave woman. Do you own her? When you buy a book you...
View ArticleBy: Evgeny Kapun
Operating systems are a bad example of a free and fair market. Many people pay for Microsoft Windows and use it just because it comes pre-installed on computers they buy. Also, most smartphones and...
View ArticleBy: Peter
So, let’s see if we can figure out how this works. Suppose copyright laws did not exist, then everybody copies and distributes works of “intellectual property” freely – sometimes for a profit. It may...
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This may be offtopic, but some spin doctors at the European Commission are trying to push their twisted version of “A clean and open Internet”....
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By: Snille
As a side note, if you add the “Spotify” dimension to this argument. You should actually pay the electrician a monthly fee for “using” the wires as well… If you stop paying the fee, he can come and...
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[…] 5, 2012 Tech No comments Rick Falkvinge has a post up on his website highlighting how copyright is antithetical to the free market. We’ve pointed this out many times in the past, though for reasons...
View ArticleBy: EllVee55
With all due respect (as a UK Civil Servant this means “with no respect at all”, but one must do these things politely) if you buy stuff, you do so on a number of terms and conditions. It may be that...
View ArticleBy: Adam3us
Go Rick, go! You’re on a roll! IMNSHO With no exaggeration the future of humanity depends on you guys. 3d printing will bypass much of manufacturing markups, the only purchases will be toner/raw...
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