Nah copyright is useful for free software. Patents, we could probably live without patents
Trademark is also useful. I don’t want Tyson making fake vegan hot dogs
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jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Hard yes. Glad to see there’s at least one thing we are aligned on.
twice_hatch@midwest.social 1 week ago
uis@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Free software is response to software copyright and software patents.
Trademark is also useful. I don’t want Tyson making fake vegan hot dogs
It has nothing to do with trademark.
Ronno@feddit.nl 1 week ago
I’m curious: why?
Removing IP law just feels like it would only benefit those with the resources to new technology quickly. It basically kills all start ups.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep. People are really shortsighted here.
If you scrapped all our IP laws, you could spend years writing a book, spend all your savings on getting it published, only for the likes of Amazon to steal your work and make millions from it.
We need IP laws to protect people and small businesses.
jsomae@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
My hatred of Disney knows no bounds lol.
Seriously though, I would like to see IP law replaced with something that benefits the little guy more than the big guy. I assume that, similar to “defund the police” really means “replace the police with a different system,” “delete all IP law” really means “replace IP law with a different system.”
uis@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Example. Copyright is a joke. For art if you have more lawyers, you win. For software mandatory copy laws are not enforced.