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Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran... by FooBarWidget on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @11:13PM (#17914770)
What is wrong with artificial rights? Aren’t a lot of rights already artificial? You can also argue that property rights are artificial: if someone points a tank at you then you will have to give up all your property, so property right pretends like that isn’t reality and is dishonest. But I’d say it is a good thing that people aren’t allowed to point a tank at me.
Re:Wikimedia warns EU copyright reform threatens the ‘vibran... by matheusmoreira on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:33AM (#17915252)
I don't believe in those rights either. They're just as artificial as copyright to me. Criminals and even the government itself violate property rights on a daily basis.

The low level concept that enables society's rules is violence and the threat of it.