JackGreenEarth to [email protected] • 2 years agoInteresting how artists don't make enough money from their creations, so our solution is to make certain information illegal to share, rather than give them a universal basic income.message-square240fedilinkarrow-up1606
arrow-up1606message-squareInteresting how artists don't make enough money from their creations, so our solution is to make certain information illegal to share, rather than give them a universal basic income.JackGreenEarth to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square240fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agotrademark has nothing to do with copyright. they’re two sets of laws that developed a two different times for two different reasons.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-22 years agoSo, what does that have to do with the exclusive rights vs monopoly discussion? Both give you exclusive rights, doesn’t matter that they come from two different sets of laws.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agotrademark is a consumer protection. copyright is a fucking monopoly.
trademark has nothing to do with copyright. they’re two sets of laws that developed a two different times for two different reasons.
So, what does that have to do with the exclusive rights vs monopoly discussion? Both give you exclusive rights, doesn’t matter that they come from two different sets of laws.
trademark is a consumer protection. copyright is a fucking monopoly.