He makes a good argument. I think the European experience supports him.
EU law uses the term “intellectual property”. In fact, “protection of intellectual property” is enshrined as a fundamental right in EU law. When EU politicians demand respect for fundamental rights and values from American tech companies, it implies cracking down on piracy and giving money to copyright owners.
Applying property thinking to data is responsible for many, maybe most, of the problems that make it so hard to build a tech industry in the EU.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Look at who owns the copyrights. It’s not Mark Knopfler, it’s Sony.
Copyright is entirely IP and does not serve its original function (according to the Constitution of the United States), To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts rather inhibits innovation by unlicensed actors.
Fuck copyright. Fuck patents. Fuck IP.