It’s imaginary property. It’s not real and only exists in our heads. Saying someone stole your “intellectual property” is akin to saying they “stole your idea.”
It is about the money, as well.
If you want to prioritize controlling what others can do with an idea, then nobody should be able to restrict someone else from doing what they want with an idea.
Bruce Springsteen will just have to grow up and get over it.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
So just no music business then?
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Music does not need copyright to exist. Man you are dense.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Where did I say that it did?
I’m just trying to picture what this world would actually look like, and it seems shit.
People will still create music, but without having any sense of ownership over it whatsoever, there is zero incentive to distribute it.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Man you are a lying bootlicker.
So no one created and distributed music throughout the history of mankind?
You don’t have to picture it, it happened. Also, the majority of art and music is never sold or distributed.
Just admit you are young and dumb capitalist that thinks art = money when in reality art = expression. At least then you can be honest and people won’t waste their time talking to you.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 hours ago
It may surprise you to know that people produced music before IP laws existed.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
No art, no poetry, no video games. . .
IMO creators should have better protections - the current laws don’t seem to stop AI gobbling up their work. But at the same time this Nintendo thing is obviously bullshit. I’m surprised the court allowed it. Probably a decision made by a very old Christian man who doesn’t understand what games are and can’t use a smartphone.
Soggy@lemmy.world 54 minutes ago
Pretty neat how capitalists invented art and it isn’t at all an intrinsic part of the human experience since at least 40,000 years ago.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
Yeah it’s clearly broken. But there is a complete lack of nuance in these “get rid of IP and copyright completely (and if you disagree you’re an idiot)” arguments.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yep I’m right there with you. Artists of all types should be entitled to the proceeds of their work. Also, if I were creative and something I’d created was plagiarised, I’d be unhappy about that too. Just because a big company abuses a system doesn’t mean it shouldn’t protect individuals.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
*supremely unhelpful for capitalists
FTFY