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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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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not when work takes a large amount of time to produce the original, and very little work to produce a copy. An original and a copy of a digital artwork are identical.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not when work takes a large amount of time to produce the original, and very little work to produce a copy

    if you've never seen someone sell their own creative work without the trappings of a government enforced monopoly, you should look into how any author or artist got paid before the statute of anne.

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