irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agoLaws only matter if you're not rich.s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageLaws only matter if you're not rich.s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoCrazy idea: If copyright was invented to prevent printers from scooping authors’ work and out-competing them for sales… Maybe copyright should only apply if you’re trying to compete with the author? So like, not if you’re just a lowly individual trying to keep up with the references all of society is making, or understand the world you live in.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months ago out-competing them for sales… Boy that is a really mental gymnastics way of saying “profiting from someone else’s work”.
Crazy idea:
If copyright was invented to prevent printers from scooping authors’ work and out-competing them for sales…
Maybe copyright should only apply if you’re trying to compete with the author?
So like, not if you’re just a lowly individual trying to keep up with the references all of society is making, or understand the world you live in.
Boy that is a really mental gymnastics way of saying “profiting from someone else’s work”.