What's the Solution To Intellectual Property?

StealthyRoid writes "I'm an anarcho-capitalist, and a huge supporter of property rights, both physical and intellectual. At the same time, I find the current trend of increasing penalties for minor violations, criminalizing civil IP matters, anti-consumer technologies like DRM, and abuse of the legal system by the *AA's of the world really disturbing. You'd think that by now, there'd be a reasonable solution to the problem of protecting intellectual property while at the same time maintaining the rights of consumers and protecting individuals from absurd litigation, but I have yet to find one. So, I pose these questions to the Slashdot community: 1 — Do you acknowledge the legitimacy of intellectual property to begin with? That is, do you believe that intellectual property is a valid construct equivalent to physical property, or do you think it's illusory? If not, why? 2 — If so, how would you go about protecting the rights of intellectual property holders in a way that doesn't require unfair usage limitations or resort to predatory abuse of the tort system?"

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The solution

[DullTrev]

The solution to intellectual property is obvious. Get rid of the intellectuals.

Re:The goal should be innovation

[Anonymous Coward]

It discourages derivative works because building off the original costs so much, which, for instance, seriously harms hip hop music. Yeah, but let's not forget it has its bad points too...

Re:Intellectual property compromises physical

[Anonymous Coward]

We have a fellow named Kimbo Slice (I hope I have his name correctly) who participates and rules this unlimited martial arts which is all the rage in the US. He is a huge black fellow who looks like he eats cars for breakfast and he has never had any martial arts training at all. He is the current champion and he has no respect at all for Karate, Judo or any other martial art. When asked how he fights he simply replies that he breaks things. Arms, legs, skulls, collar bones or any little thing he can get a paw on all break very easily due to his outrageous strength. The fights are funny in a way, There is a lot to be said for brute strength.
              Now as to that tea simply boil water and drink it. Never do it the same twice. Quite often you'll like the tea and if not give the cup to Kimbo and he'll ram it down some fools throat.

Re:The goal should be innovation

[fyngyrz]

[long copyright terms] which, for instance, seriously harms hip hop music.

[!] ...and here I thought there was no reason in the entire world for me to support long copyright terms.

Re:Your are just totally wrong

[Hognoxious]

if the gp wants some land to work on, he/she can work on my land, which is mine because somebody stuck a flag in it 200 years ago.

A poor miner, who is walking home one night with a brace of pheasants in his pocket. He meets a landowner who informs him that that land is his, so he had better hand over the pheasants, double quick. "Your land?" says the miner. "Yes," replies the laird, "my land and my pheasants." "And who did you get your land from?" inquires the miner. "Well, I inherited it from my father." "Who did he get it from?" the miner continues; the laird splutters, "His father, of course. The land has been in my family for over 400 years." "Okay, so how did your family come to own the land 400 years ago?"

"They fought for it," said the toff.

"Aha, now you're talking!" says the miner, "Put 'em up!"

Re:Your are just totally wrong

[aproposofwhat]

And what should happen after you die to the property that you created?

That's obvious - it should all revert to the Disney Corporation, to be renewed in perpetuity by Acts of Congress.~

Actually, I had an act of congress with my partner this morning - but the only people we fucked were each other :o)

Re:Why dwell on the past?

[fudoniten]

*Bang!* /me kills tjstork. /me moves into tjstork's house. "What, you wanna start bringing up the PAST? Don't be silly. This house is mine NOW."