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fuck Adobe and fuck their licensing (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world
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I'm so absolutely sick of it.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Is the ownership of property in general not also just a "temporary monopoly privilege granted by Congress" or whatever the local legal authority is? If there were no laws protecting property rights, backed up by the power of some sort of government, those property rights would be meaningless.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    No, it's not. In stark and diametric contrast to copyright, ownership of actual property is a natural right.

    Read the Constitution: copyright law has the express purpose "to promote the progress of science and the useful arts." It is nothing more than a means to that end. And in particular, it is absolutely not, in any way whatsoever, some sort of entitlement for creators.

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