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[–] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

none of this contradicts what I said. government enforced monopolies are wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The contradiction is that you imply copyright is always a government enforced monopoly. It can be, but it usually isn't, especially with art. So using it as a counter argument here makes no sense.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    copyright is always a government enforced monopoly.

    that's the only thing it is. it's a law that grants exclusive rights to sell. how do you think it's not in relation to art?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Exclusive rights and monopolies are not the same thing. Monopolies are about access to a category of things or services that fulfill a need, not one specific thing. E.g. Samsung has exclusive rights to sell Samsung TVs, but they don't have a monopoly on TVs, and talking about a monopoly on Samsung TVs specifically makes no sense. Similarly no one has a monopoly on landscape drawings, rock music or scifi movies, just exclusive rights to specific pieces of art or literature that they created.

    As a side note, patents are a different story imo. Because overly broad patents can actually give you exclusive access to an entire category, and therefore a real monopoly. But you can't patent art.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    your Samsung example is trademark. it's not copyright.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Because the example is not about copyright in particular but monopoly vs exclusive access. I wanted one that's not about art to illustrate the point, and the priciple is the same in this regard.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    trademark has nothing to do with copyright. they're two sets of laws that developed a two different times for two different reasons.

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