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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long should the ideal term of copyright be? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe you can argue that they wouldn’t have invented it unless they were incentivized by being able to weaponize the legal system as a result of their patent findings

I am cool with that, they wouldn't make it, but some else would. Maybe some years later, but globaly we would benefit much more.

Same like 3D printers, technology is decades old, but started being used after patent expired. F*** them from slowing us down.

Patents and copyright was invented so that invation would happen, but now corporations are ising them to hinder advancement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, exactly. Legal protections only really seem to work if you’re already a big enough corporation to afford it, so it doesn’t seem like patents and copyright really support independent creators as much as we would maybe like. It seems more often than not to be weaponized against progress for the sake of personal gains… and that just sucks. The only potential argument for these protections is that people wouldn’t invent or create things without them… Because all things being equal they benefit a select few people (rights holders), and otherwise serve no benefit to anybody else, often leading to stifled innovation and less competition.