I have nothing against government protections that make sense. But it seems to me that these days, such long-lived copyrights and patents are doing more harm than good.
The issues that you and everyone talk about, exists since almost the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. Do you really think you're going to get away with historical ignorance and change the world for better? Surely, you could do better than your predecessors in this debate, no matter what sides of the same coin you are on.
You have fallen into Thomas Jefferson meme and is stuck there until you have forced yourself to look at radical ideas.
Why do you think and assume that patent and copyright make sense?
Have you look at the bygone era of 19th century American literacy market wheb American writers are starving due to the piracy of massive British literature? Even more surprising is that some British writers have earned more money than they would have gained in royalty for a number of years.
What about James Watt? Isn't he a hero of the industrial revolution? Nope. He is simply one of those steam engine inventor amongst many. He slowed down the industrial revolution with his patents and wasted his massive intellectual energy dealing with lawyers and lawsuits against his opponents.
Can we move beyond the tired cliched arguments of enlightenment era rationalization?
The issues that you and everyone talk about, exists since almost the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment. Do you really think you're going to get away with historical ignorance and change the world for better? Surely, you could do better than your predecessors in this debate, no matter what sides of the same coin you are on.
You have fallen into Thomas Jefferson meme and is stuck there until you have forced yourself to look at radical ideas.
Why do you think and assume that patent and copyright make sense?
Have you look at the bygone era of 19th century American literacy market wheb American writers are starving due to the piracy of massive British literature? Even more surprising is that some British writers have earned more money than they would have gained in royalty for a number of years.
What about James Watt? Isn't he a hero of the industrial revolution? Nope. He is simply one of those steam engine inventor amongst many. He slowed down the industrial revolution with his patents and wasted his massive intellectual energy dealing with lawyers and lawsuits against his opponents.
Can we move beyond the tired cliched arguments of enlightenment era rationalization?