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

• absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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      • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They don’t take people’s work. People give their work to them to sell it. You read too many conspiracy theories.

        If there is no IP, the authors won’t be able to sell their books AT ALL. Which is certainly worse than Amazon taking most of their revenue share.

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    IP law definitely needs reform though

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    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Totally agree, but removal is not a good option.

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