To me it sounds crazy to keep fighting all this legislation that aims to protect intellectual property when we could solve the entire problem by fighting to eliminate intellectual property laws all together. I think all IP laws, especially patents, do more harm to society than good. If someone is able to manufacture and distribute something for less, or improve the quality of something, shouldn't they be able to without worrying about IP infringements (or getting permission from the IP holder) ?
I think digital products are only worth what they cost to reproduce and distribute, which is pretty much nothing.. If an artist isn't able to effectively protect the distribution of their own work (by not distributing it online), or monetize their work through the use of advertising, I don't think there should be any laws to protect it either.
Obviously this idea is going to be controversial as fuck here since a lot of members of this forum sell eBooks or software of some sort, but people here should also know better than most, the effectiveness of monetizing through ads. I've always seen people/traffic as the greatest asset. The more people interested in what you're offering, the greater the potential money to be earned, right?
I know people could argue- Why not get money from making each person pay for your stuff, then allow people to easily spread it for free, and also sue people that "infringe on your copyright" and make even more profit..
but don't you think having the laws that enable people to sue for copyright infringement are the real cause of freedom-eliminating legislation (like SOPA/PIPA) in the first place? Eliminating all forms of IP would eliminate all future SOPA/PIPA type legislation once and for all. I don't see why all of these major internet companies don't fight for this instead.
Tldr: disregard copyright/IP, acquire greater freedom for everyone.
Michael Smoores on copyright law:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVYhwKu7J5E]Michael Moore on copyright law - YouTube[/ame]
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I think digital products are only worth what they cost to reproduce and distribute, which is pretty much nothing.. If an artist isn't able to effectively protect the distribution of their own work (by not distributing it online), or monetize their work through the use of advertising, I don't think there should be any laws to protect it either.
Obviously this idea is going to be controversial as fuck here since a lot of members of this forum sell eBooks or software of some sort, but people here should also know better than most, the effectiveness of monetizing through ads. I've always seen people/traffic as the greatest asset. The more people interested in what you're offering, the greater the potential money to be earned, right?
I know people could argue- Why not get money from making each person pay for your stuff, then allow people to easily spread it for free, and also sue people that "infringe on your copyright" and make even more profit..
but don't you think having the laws that enable people to sue for copyright infringement are the real cause of freedom-eliminating legislation (like SOPA/PIPA) in the first place? Eliminating all forms of IP would eliminate all future SOPA/PIPA type legislation once and for all. I don't see why all of these major internet companies don't fight for this instead.
Tldr: disregard copyright/IP, acquire greater freedom for everyone.
Michael Smoores on copyright law:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVYhwKu7J5E]Michael Moore on copyright law - YouTube[/ame]
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