• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    49 minutes ago

    I think there is a balance to be made. Some anti capitalist measures are needed to encourage innovation. But the use of patent laws as a defence, or copyright to seek excessive rent are far too aggressive.

    • Doomsider@lemmy.world
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      38 minutes ago

      If there is any chance of reform it would have to still appeal to all parties. We definitely need to think about solutions that have not been proposed before.

      As much as I would like to advocate for abolishment of IP, I recognize it is an unrealistic demand.

      After all, IP didn’t magically appear. It took hundreds of years of court cases and laws passed to get to the arguably ridiculous point we are now.

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        24 minutes ago

        If there is any chance of reform it would have to still appeal to all parties.

        There’s nothing such as change that appeals to all parties; that is not how that works. Change, good or bad, is forced by one segment of society over another, doubly so when it’s against the interests of the ultra-rich. Don’t compromise in advance.