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 1 month ago
So just no music business then?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 month ago
It may surprise you to know that people produced music before IP laws existed.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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 1 month 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.
Soggy@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They certainly patented it.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month 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 month ago