Re:Pirate Bay Founder: ‘I Have Given Up’ (2015)
by tertius on Thursday April 13, 2017 @11:58AM
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> That's a right enjoyed by no other profession or trade or job. It puts authors in a category with land owners and capitalists.
So children of the rich who own stocks cannot inherit those stocks?
> It puts authors in a category with land owners and capitalists.
Oh, ownership. What a terrible idea!
The absurd lengths of time for copyright come to mind. This idea that the family of an author, for example, ought to be entitled to royalties from book sales for many years after the author's death... That's a right enjoyed by no other profession or trade or job. It puts authors in a category with land owners and capitalists.
Personally, I think we should be seeking to reduce the amount of rent-seeking in our society, not increase it. That we glorify so many creators as celebrities and obsess over every minor detail of their lives makes my position an unpopular one, however.