Patents are not the problem, they serve as a way to share the knowledge of a creation with everyone while protecting your company for a REASONABLE TIME to compensate for the RnD costs.
The problem is the distortion of the concept to fit late stage capitalism delights.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
We had a history before patents/copyright were enforced. It was pretty brutal for anyone trying to make a living with their creations. Take a look and see if you want to return to that.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
yeah now its brutal for anyone trying to make a living and excellent for anyone who already inherited a living and has more money than they could use in multiple lifetimes. I’d hate to go back to when it was just brutal for anyone trying to make a living.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
What patent or copyright is preventing you from making a living?
otp@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
I think the problem would be similar. The rich and powerful would be the only ones to profit off of inventions and innovations.
We still have indie game devs today. Imagine if any company could just copy an indie game and scale it up/polish a bit and get all the sales.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
A shitty solution for a shitty situation is not a good solution
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Feel free to share your revolutionary idea that will still incentivize people to create without creating a “shitty situation”.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I don’t need to come up with any revolutionary ideas, the open source folks are already creating without patenting their creations
Here’s a revolutionary idea: universal basic income. No need to prevent other people from monetizing your idea if you don’t need to monetize your idea in the first place