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Interesting 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. (lemm.ee)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

trademark is a consumer protection. copyright is a fucking monopoly.

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