Copyright is a surviving instance of the old system of royal warrants: monopolies granted by a monarch, usually to cronies, occasionally as a reward for some kind of good work (scientific discovery, work of art, etc).
It’s a system that’s full of opportunities for corruption and bureaucratic oppression, and should either be massively scaled back, or dumped entirely. It does far more harm than good.
I agree, unfortunately things only keep existing when there’s balance between their sides in power.
Such balance is - those benefiting from copyright have a lot to offer and threaten to those making copyright, and the other way around.
It’s all military logic now. 50 years ago it could have been solved by a popular movement, now any movement really threatening copyright will have its figures murdered left and right.
Copyright is a surviving instance of the old system of royal warrants: monopolies granted by a monarch, usually to cronies, occasionally as a reward for some kind of good work (scientific discovery, work of art, etc).
It’s a system that’s full of opportunities for corruption and bureaucratic oppression, and should either be massively scaled back, or dumped entirely. It does far more harm than good.
I agree, unfortunately things only keep existing when there’s balance between their sides in power.
Such balance is - those benefiting from copyright have a lot to offer and threaten to those making copyright, and the other way around.
It’s all military logic now. 50 years ago it could have been solved by a popular movement, now any movement really threatening copyright will have its figures murdered left and right.