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Hello frens,

As a great opponent of any form of IP, I have been following the event of Disney's Steamboat Willie entering the public domain with great amusement. The incidents where creators have been falsely demonetized on youtube for rightfully using this film is further underpinned by Disney's decades-long shameless practices. The linked article sums it up quite well I think.

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[–] pup_atlas@pawb.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It discourages innovation more when the vast majority of modern cultural works, or mechanical inventions are completely off limits to all but a small ownership class. It means no one is generally free to iterate on modern ideas without risking legal liability. Ultimately, pretty much nothing in this world is original, everything is an iteration on existing works. When anything approaching a modern work is restricted, there’s far less to iterate on.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And obviously, every entity, company or person, sould be capped at owning things (including other companies) at $ 999 mil.

[–] pup_atlas@pawb.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but genuinely I would be ok with this.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago

Why would it be sarcasm?