JackGreenEarth to Showerthoughts • 1 year 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-square230fedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down1118
arrow-up1484arrow-down1message-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 Showerthoughts • 1 year agomessage-square230fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year 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-21 year 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]linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year 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.