Copyright Law, in a nutshell, states the following:
Once I have placed atoms (or electrons, in the case of software, music or movies) in a certain order, then no one else can place them in the same or similar order unless they give me small, green pieces of paper.
It is abstract and arbitrary to the point of absurdity, and has fuck all to do with being a human being.
The only original, valuable thing is the idea. If I create a reproduction of the Mona Lisa identical to the atomic level and shuffle it with the original, which one is worth more? Only the idea is worth something, and you can't own or control ideas. They are intangible.
I am not saying I have a solution to the problem given the current state of human economics, politics and technology.
I am saying that copyright law is an indicator of how badly humans have fucked up in attempting to impose order on their reality.
'Confidence is what you have when you haven't fully understood the situation'
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Copyright Law, in a nutshell, states the following:
It is abstract and arbitrary to the point of absurdity, and has fuck all to do with being a human being.
The only original, valuable thing is the idea. If I create a reproduction of the Mona Lisa identical to the atomic level and shuffle it with the original, which one is worth more? Only the idea is worth something, and you can't own or control ideas. They are intangible.
I am not saying I have a solution to the problem given the current state of human economics, politics and technology.
I am saying that copyright law is an indicator of how badly humans have fucked up in attempting to impose order on their reality.
'Confidence is what you have when you haven't fully understood the situation'
Planet 10 has shifted in its orbit.
Red Lectroid?
...Evil, Pure and Simple, from the 8th Dimension!