• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    It turns out in every era, copyright is a sham. Information in its natural state is free - our legal system tries to change that.

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      23 hours ago

      The laws around copyright are designed to prevent citizens from doing things.

      The laws around human rights are designed to preventing the government from doing things.

      The later expands your agency while the former restricts it.

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        12 hours ago

        Yall left a big ol’ giant hole in your simplification about these itty bitty things that have an equally outsized impact on all of our lives :

        Corporations.

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          5 hours ago

          Copyright predates corporations. Many corporations need copyright to extract profit. If you’re anti-corporation but pro-copyright, you’re the only with the big ol’ giant hole.