December 16, 2004
Quick thought on copyright
Posted by bopuc at December 16, 2004 03:51 AM
Posted this comment chez Joi:
Copyright is a product of egotism and greed.
It is of the utmost arrogance to think that we own anything, let alone something so abstract and fleeting as "an idea".
Copyright was created because the socioeconomic model that forced it into existence made no other provisions for the sustenance of the artist and thinker. The legal entities known as "corporations" piggybacked on it and now control it outright. Corporations control culture, the product of art and ideas, to influence the markets they reap financial benefit from.The moment you externalize any thought, in whatever shape you do so, you are sharing. You relinquish any and all "ownership". No, that is not a legal precept. It is a philosophical one. The philosophers always win. Always. ;)
Comments
My response is on my blog (linked above).
Posted by: aj at December 16, 2004 02:14 PM
Hey boris. I just wanted to play with this and I thought this entry was apropriate because you're doing the same thing manually. Hope it's okay.
Posted by: mtl3p at December 19, 2004 03:45 AM