Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.

• stray@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why wouldn’t we buy his book? Is it bad?

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  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because Amazon stole it, made a copy available for 1/10 the price.

    The marketing power of Amazon is 10’s of thousands of times greater than the original author, so you probably never hear that the book you are interested in has an author that is different from the one Amazon puts on the cover, who is a pen name of their “AI author”.

    Note: I think IP law is a bit shit really, but removing any protection from creative works is dangerous, and extremely short sighted. If you don’t want to reward the corporations, learn to pirate…piracy is far more ethical than calling for the removal of IP law.

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    • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Amazon didn’t steal it. The author chose to sell it on the platform. The terms are very clear before engaging in the contract.

      Also IP isn’t the problem here. IP doesn’t make Amazon act shitty.

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      • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No. If there is no IP protection, Amazon will just be able to take people’s work.

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      IP law definitely needs reform though

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      • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Totally agree, but removal is not a good option.

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