IP law definitely needs reform though
Comment on Jack Dorsey would like to ‘delete all IP law’.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 days agoBecause 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.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 days ago
Totally agree, but removal is not a good option.
doodledup@lemmy.world 5 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.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 days ago
No. If there is no IP protection, Amazon will just be able to take people’s work.
doodledup@lemmy.world 5 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.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
Free are imagining a world with no IP protection.