▲ 667 ▼ ALEX JONES IS DEAD (First episode of The Onion's new weekly InfoWars show) (www.youtube.com) submitted 2 months ago by ZeroCool@piefed.ca to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 6 points 2 months ago (1 child) Tbh I agree with the general spirit of what they are saying but IP is obviously a valid legal construct and wishing it wasn't doesn't change that, and I didn't really appreciate being "well aCkshULly"d so I hit the down arrow anyway lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Intellectual property is as real as any other property is: it's all made up by people, but it has the force of social/economic/governmental institutions behind it so it can affect your life. It's just that legal concepts tend to attract discussions by people who can't tell the difference between a descriptive or positive argument (how things are) versus a normative argument (how things should be). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Intellectual property is as real as any other property is: it's all made up by people, but it has the force of social/economic/governmental institutions behind it so it can affect your life. It's just that legal concepts tend to attract discussions by people who can't tell the difference between a descriptive or positive argument (how things are) versus a normative argument (how things should be). permalink fedilink source parent