Comment on 'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop'

• ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It may surprise you to know that people produced music before IP laws existed.

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• Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Music does not need copyright to exist. Man you are dense.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Why are you people always so fucking rude when you’re shit is challenged in any way?

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• Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨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.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      *supremely unhelpful for capitalists

      FTFY

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  • Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They certainly patented it.

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      • Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        My point is that people make stuff even without a profit incentive.

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